Most Americans believe countries should recognize Palestinian state, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

(VOVWORLD) - A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, as Israel and Hamas considered a possible truce in the nearly two-year-long Gaza conflict.

Some 33% of respondents did not agree that UN members should recognize a Palestinian state and 9% did not answer.

The poll was taken within weeks of three countries, close US allies Canada, Britain and France, announcing they intend to recognize a Palestinian state.

The six-day survey, which closed on Monday, came amid hopes that Israel and Hamas would agree on a ceasefire to provide a break in the fighting, free some hostages and ease shipments of humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip.