More than half of voters say they support President Trump’s 21-point plan to end the war in Gaza, according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday.
The poll found 56 percent of respondents supported Trump’s peace plan, while 44 percent opposed it. Opinion over Trump’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war is split, with 51 percent supporting the president’s handling of the conflict while 49 percent opposed it.
The White House released a 20-point plan aimed at ending the war in the Middle East that aims to secure the release of hostages, alive and deceased, from both sides. The plan mandates that if both sides agree to the plan, the war would end immediately and within 72 hours of Israel accepting the agreement, all hostages would be given back to their respective side.
Among some of the conditions in place would be requiring Palestine to be overseen by a “temporary transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee, responsible for delivering the day-to-day running of public services and municipalities for the people in Gaza.”
A “board of peace” transitional body would have oversight of the committee and be chaired by Trump.
“It’s rare that anything with Trump’s name on it gets over 47 per cent but his Mideast [Peace] Plan has widespread support at 56 [percent] and about 8 in 10 want both Hamas and Israel to accept the plan,” Mark Penn, chair of the Harris poll, told The Hill in a statement.
“They believe in all of the key goals of the plan,” he added.
Hamas said last week that it accepted parts of the plan, including releasing its hostages, while saying other parts of it would need be to examined.
Despite Hamas’s partial agreement to Trump’s plan, Israel struck Gaza on Friday, with six people dead following Israeli airstrikes.
Negotiations are happening Monday in Egypt between leaders of Israel and Hamas as the U.S. looks to move fast on winding down the conflict.
The Harvard CAPS/Harris poll was conducted Oct. 1-2 among 2,413 registered voters. It is a collaboration of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University and the Harris Poll.
The survey is an online sample drawn from the Harris Panel and weighted to reflect known demographics. The margin of error is plus or minus 1.99 percentage points.