TEHRAN (Iran News) –Research shows leaders in the United States and United Kingdom are on edge over their handling of the Israeli war on the totally besieged Gaza Strip.

Amid a critical election in both the U.S. and Britain this year, it appears Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has passed on personal problems to his staunchest Western allies.

A new poll has found that support for President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israeli war on Gaza is declining.

The survey shows that only 31 percent of American adults approve of Biden’s handling of the war, including just 46 percent of Democrats, according to the poll from The Associated Press- NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Notably, about 70 percent of Democrats aged under 45 disapprove of the U.S. President’s approach toward the Israeli war in Gaza.

Half of American adults now believe the Israeli regime has “gone too far” in its war on the Gaza Strip. That is up from 40 percent in the same poll in November.

The poll was conducted from 25-28 January, which overlaps with the deaths of three U.S. soldiers in a drone strike in Jordan.

The poll shows growing disapproval among Republican voters, with 33 percent saying Israel’s military response has gone too far. That is up from 18 percent in November.

52 percent of independents share that view, up from 39 percent.

The figure stands at 62 percent of Democrats, nearly the same majority as in November.

In Britain, the winner of this year’s elections was widely believed to be the opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer.

Surveys had put Starmer and his Labour party strongly in the lead over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Conservative party‌, which has been plagued with one scandal after the other. About 20 percent of British voters have viewed Sunak favorably, according to a YouGov poll.

However, a revelation by the slightly left-wing Guardian newspaper this week indicates Labour may have lost the Muslim vote in Britain. A key vote that the party had expected to rely on to take seats in key constituencies that tend to be won by the Conservatives.

One senior Labour MP told the newspaper that “Muslims are not only predominantly Labour supporters but they are also geographically important. There are many of them in a range of key target seats in both the south and the north-west”.

Another said: “We know we’ve lost the Muslim vote and at the very least their trust. The Muslim community is no longer a safe voter base for us because of how we initially responded to the war. So we’re just focused on damage control. We all know it.”

Starmer has angered many Muslim voters with his refusal to back calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Concerns are also mounting that non-Muslim voters, also angry about Britain’s policy toward the Israeli war on Gaza, could leave both Labour and the Conservatives embarrassed at the ballot boxes.

Predominantly white regions of England, such as Bournemouth, Bristol and Brighton, where many voters also feel strongly about the Palestinian struggle for freedom is another matter being taken into consideration.

Reports say Labour is taking desperate measures to address fears that Muslims will not vote for the party over its stance on Gaza, but these measures may have come too late.

Reports have surfaced of growing support for the Liberal Democrats and Green party since the Israeli regime waged its war on Gaza. Both parties have been calling for an immediate ceasefire.

The U.S. and Britain have stepped up their staunch support for the Israeli regime both militarily and diplomatically since Hamas launched Operation al-Aqsa Storm on 7 October.

However, global support for the regime has diminished as the Palestinian death toll in the ensuing Israeli war on Gaza passes 27,000, the majority of whom are women and children.

This has been reflected at the United Nations, where the U.S. and Britain have blocked emergency measures to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, despite warnings by the UN of a looming famine in the enclave.