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Should Jerusalem be recognized as the capital of Israel?

In December 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and announced the U.S. would move it’s embassy there. The announcement was controversial as both Israel and Palestine claim that Jerusalem is their capital. Foreign governments that recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel support the notion that Israel has sovereignty over the city. In 1949 Israel took control of the western half of the city and Jordan took control of the eastern half. In 2017 the current population of Jerusalem was 61% Jewish and 37% are Arab. Opponents argue that moving…  

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Response rates from 565 Congressional District 1 voters.

56%
Yes
44%
No
52%
Yes
36%
No
3%
Yes, foreign governments should recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
4%
No, Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine
1%
Yes, and foreign governments should move their embassies there
4%
No, and foreign governments should not move their embassies there

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Unique answers from Congressional District 1 voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @9GDMX4S from North Carolina  answered…1yr1Y

No, it should be an internationally-administered city with equal access for both Israelis and Palestinians

 @8YGPYJ2 from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

Jerusalem should be made a city state

 @8J8ZJ5T from Maryland  answered…4yrs4Y

It should be recognized as both the capital of Israel and Palestine, which would maintain the peace and equality between Israel and Palestine.

 @9FJLJ8K from Michigan  answered…1yr1Y

No, Israel should not exist, as it belongs to Christians.

 @9BNBG7C from Pennsylvania  answered…2yrs2Y

No, and we should move our embassy back to Tel Aviv

 @Nooneeveryone  from Montana  answered…7mos7MO

Jerusalem should be recognized as a sovereign, independent country and both Jerusalem and Palenstine should find a new capital in the interest of moving forward.

 @8T37FZH from Michigan  answered…4yrs4Y

No, Jerusalem should be an independent city

 @8VHNWDK from Colorado  answered…3yrs3Y

No, Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of both Israel and Palestine

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US Jewish Groups Oppose Resettling Gaza

JTA — A number of major centrist and liberal American Jewish groups say they oppose the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza.The statements by some of the largest Jewish organizations in the country, made in response to press inquiries, come amid accusations that Israel has cleared out portions of northern Gaza, which Jerusalem has denied, and as far-right government ministers have called for resettling the Palestinian enclave. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir have also repeatedly called for Israel to encourage Palestinians to leave Gaza, drawing condemnation from the Biden administration.For several American Jewish groups — including some that have vocally defended Israel’s prosecution of its war in Gaza against Hamas — the idea of Israeli settlements in Gaza is a non-starter. Groups opposed to the idea include the Jewish Federations of North America, the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League. Also opposed are bodies representing the Reform and Conservative movements, which together can claim to represent the majority of American Jews.“The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, indigenous to both Jews and Arabs, cannot be the exclusive domain of one people, but must be shared,” Jason Isaacson, AJC’s chief policy and political affairs officer, said. “Like the vast majority of Israelis, AJC believes that the re-establishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza, or a program of displacing Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank, would be contrary to Israel’s interests.”Israel evacuated its Gaza settlements in 2005, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly ruled out the idea of re-establishing them after the war. But while most Israelis oppose the idea, more than a third — including 42% of Israeli Jews — support it, according to a recent poll by the Israel Democracy Institute. That includes nearly 60% of Israeli Jewish right-wingers, the current government’s voter base.“Ideas like settlement in Gaza are welcome, we need to remember that, in the end, that’s the biggest punishment for what they did to us on October 7,” Ben-Gvir said in an interview on Israeli radio this month, referencing the Hamas terror onslaught in southern Israel, in which some 1,200 people were slaughtered and 251 were seized as hostages, sparking the war in the enclave.

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