Last weekend, on the third day of Ramadan, an Israeli airstrike killed at least two Palestinians in the latest breach of a ceasefire agreement signed in October 2025. The total number of Palestinian deaths since the ceasefire has reportedly surpassed 600, not counting those succumbing to starvation or disease as a result of Israel’s continuing partial blockade. While the Israel-Palestine conflict has slipped away from the center of media attention in the U.S. over the last few months, it remains a fraught political issue that continues to affect how Americans vote, and how they perceive both culture and politics.
According to polling and analysis, including the Democratic Party’s still-secret internal report about how the Gaza issue affected Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign, the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians has shifted the political paradigm on the U.S. relationship with Israel, its longtime ally or proxy in the Middle East.
