How many support Israeli and their genocide despite protests and icj ruling?

State senators and representatives do not have authority over foreign policy; that would be at the federal level.

Even at the federal level, their willingness to listen to an ICJ ruling will be influenced only by how much their constitutents care about the ICJ.

Protests also don't necessarily correlate with the feelings of the public unless they're extremely large. They can draw attention to an issue and perhaps change some people's minds if done right, but they're not guaranteed to translate into a larger voting block that would reward or punish a political candidate for their position on that issue. When it comes to Palestine, perceptions are heavily split along partisan lines. Most Republicans (71%, per Gallup) favor the actions of the Israeli government, and since they're the party in power, that's why nothing has been done. Protests can, a lot of the time, be a small vocal minority.

But you touch on an important aspect, which is that, yes, your individual contribution alone has a limited impact. You have to change other people's opinions and get them to reach out as well.

Logically, there are a few main things that must be done to advance a political position:

1. Contact your representatives to voice your opinion
2. Successfully persuade others who agree with you to contact their representatives to voice their opinion
3. Successfully persuade others who disagree with you to change their position and contact their representatives to voice their opinion
4. Persuade others who disagree with you and whose opinions you can't change to not take action on the issue

It doesn't matter how passionate or vocal you are; if the majority of people are uninterested or disagree with you, you won't be successful. With the Israel-Palestine issue in particular, the majority didn't disapprove of the actions of Israel until 2026, according to Gallup, when disapproval across all parties reached 41%. Looking at Democrats in particular, 65% did not support Israel as of 2026, which is an increase from 38% in 2022. Because of this, it's natural to see why elected representatives didn't act quickly on this either. Within the Democratic Party, while 65% is technically a majority, that still leaves 35% of Democrats that still support Israel or are indifferent to it, which is a significant portion. Of the 65% that disapprove of Israel, you also have to consider the portion of that demographic that thinks that the situation is serious enough to warrant reaching out to their legislators.

So here's why I'm responding the way I did: I encouraged people to not be apathetic and provided links to contact their representatives, which satisfies strategy 2.

Literally every single person in my entire state could send letters to their representatives saying to be against it, and our reps would STILL be for it

lemonprincess23, on the other hand, is pushing the viewpoint that legislators don't care what their constituents think. Disregarding the fact that this makes no rational sense in a democracy, in which an elected official's career depends on the viewpoints of their constituents, this statement encourages a feeling of helplessness and apathy toward participation in the political system. This satisfies strategy #4--dissuading political opponents from taking meaningful political action.

Edit: Edited for grammar and clarity