A new Buckley Institute poll revealed that 33% of U.S. undergrads believe Palestinians make a better U.S. “ally” than Israel. Meanwhile, 29% pick Israel, and a whopping 38% sit firmly on the fence, because decision-making is hard.
Yes, college students are rethinking centuries of geopolitics over late-night dorm debates and TikTok threads. And no, it’s not exactly reassuring when the largest bloc is “I dunno, I’m confused.”
The poll also seems to coincide with campus encampments demanding university endowments be divested from companies with ties to Israel – because waving “Death to Israel” flags and protest chic is now officially a thing.
Does this metric reflect growing critical thinking – or simply the latest wave of contrarian campus buzz after being indoctrinated by the values of their progressive professors and new campus friends?
In the end, when a third pick Palestine, less than a third pick Israel, and the rest can’t decide, it looks less like foreign policy savvy and more like TikTok geopolitics – hardly reassuring for tomorrow’s leaders.
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