Nearly 6 in 10 Americans said the United Nations countries should recognize the Palestinian state, according to a survey that was published Wednesday morning.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 58 percent of U.S. adults think that every country in the U.N. should recognize Palestine as a nation. About 33 percent of respondents, disagreed, while another 9 percent didn’t answer.
The survey comes as the United Kingdom, France and Canada — all close U.S. allies — have recently expressed their intentions to recognize the Palestinian state.
In late July, when asked about U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s intention, President Trump said he had “no view on that.” Trump said French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision was not “going to change anything.”
The decisions from all three nations come as Israel is facing international pressure over the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, with starvation spreading and some aid organizations warning that Palestinians are on the brink of famine.
Israel has denied the accusation of facilitating the growing hunger in the war-torn enclave, stating the Palestinian militant group Hamas is stealing humanitarian aid. Hamas, designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S., has denied the accusation by Israel.
In the survey, 65 percent of respondents said the Trump administration should spring into action to aid Palestinians when it comes to food delivery. About 28 percent disagreed, including 41 percent of Trump-aligned GOP voters.
About 59 percent argued the Israeli military’s actions in Gaza, which kicked off following Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, have been excessive. Another 33 percent disagreed, according to the poll. In last February, 53 percent of Americans said Israeli military response in the enclave was excessive, while 42 percent said otherwise.
The survey was conducted from Aug. 13-18 among 4,446 U.S. adults. The margin of error was around 2 percentage points.