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Following President-elect Donald Trump’s recent electoral victory, a majority of Americans said that they are confident that his presidency will result in peace in the Middle East. 

According to a poll conducted by the Napolitan Institute, 54% of voters surveyed said that they expected fighting in the Middle East to die down as a result of Trump’s presidency. 

Roughly 30% of Americans said they didn’t think the fighting would stop and 16% said they weren’t sure. 

You can read the polling data here:

The terrorist group Hamas and the state of Israel have been at war since Oct. 7, 2023 when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, resulting in 1,200 people being murdered.

When voters were asked who they thought Trump supported, 51% said Israel, 13% said neither and 30% of the respondents said they weren’t sure. Only five percent of voters think Trump supports the Palestinians. 

Amid the Israel-Hamas war, the United Nations has come under fire for allegedly funding Hamas. 

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA) was being considered for a Nobel Peace Prize back in October. However, UNRWA has gotten pushback and criticism because some of their employees have been directly tied to Hamas.

The Wall Street Journal reported in September that Hamas’s top leader in Lebanon, who was killed recently in an Israeli air strike, was a high ranking member of UNRWA. He has been identified as Fateh al-Sharif and he reportedly worked as a school principal for the agency. 

Sharif had been placed on leave by UNRWA due to his ties with Hamas, according to ABC News.

Forty-one percent of people surveyed said that if in fact the United Nations was financially supporting Hamas, the U.S. should end its membership. 

Thirty percent of people said “no” when asked that question and 16% said that they weren’t sure. 

Trump’s incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, visited Israel and Qatar to discuss reaching a ceasefire and hostage agreement earlier this year. 

An official reportedly confirmed the parties involved have made progress toward a ceasefire agreement but that there aren’t any plans for President Biden’s senior adviser Brett McGurk to return to the Middle East before the Trump administration begins.

The poll was conducted between Dec. 18-19 and surveyed 1,000 voters.