Pro-Palestinian protesters outsideVice President Kamala Harris' rally UAW Local 652 in Lansing, Oct. 18, 2024 | Susan J. Demas
A majority of Michiganders support the U.S. Government taking action to ensure citizens of Gaza have sufficient food, water and medical supplies according to a survey from the progressive advocacy group Progress Michigan.
According to the survey, 45% of residents surveyed strongly supported relief efforts in Gaza, with 24% saying they somewhat supported aid efforts. Eleven percent of Michiganders surveyed somewhat opposed sending aid to Gaza while another 11% strongly opposed aid efforts.
A vast majority of Democrats supported the notion of the U.S. taking action to provide aid to residents of Gaza, with 67% offering strong support and 20% answering they somewhat support sending aid.
Comparatively, a majority percentage of Republicans supported aid efforts, though a larger portion stood opposed or were uncertain of their opinions on sending food, water and medical supplies to Gaza.
Eighteen percent of Republicans said they strongly supported aid to Gaza, with 33% somewhat in support. Twenty-four percent of Republicans strongly opposed aid efforts while 14% somewhat opposed them.
“Some things are bigger than partisan politics, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza is one of them,” Sam Inglot, executive director of Progress Michigan said in a statement. “Michiganders recognize that allowing an entire population to starve and suffer without medical care is a moral failure we cannot accept.”
On Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a United-Nations backed group globally recognized for assessing malnutrition and food insecurity, declared a famine in and around Gaza City in the Gaza strip.
On Friday, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said famine in Gaza could have been prevented, blaming the Israeli government for systematically obstructing the flow of aid into the Gaza strip.
“It is a famine openly supported by some Israeli leaders as a weapon of war. It is a famine on all of our watch,” Fletcher said.
While Israel has justified severe restriction on aid entering Gaza by arguing the militant group Hamas has been stealing aid delivered by humanitarian groups, a New York Times report says the Israeli military never found proof for this claim.
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