US Public Opinion Increasingly Negative Toward Israel: Polls
A Pew Research Center survey released in July found that Americans have become more critical of Israel in recent years, while their views of Palestinians, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have remained relatively stable.
Negative perceptions of Israel increased across both major political parties, age groups and most religious categories.
In 2026, 42% of Americans viewed the so-called "Israeli people" unfavorably, up from 28% in 2019. Favorable views of the Israeli cabinet fell to 32% from 41% over the same period. Americans also expressed increasingly negative views of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
An AP-NORC poll, also released this month, similarly found that US attitudes toward Israel had worsened, with Democrats driving much of the shift because of their criticism of Israel’s aggression against Gaza.
The survey found that 40% of Americans believed the US was “too supportive” of Israeli regime in its conflict with the Palestinians, up from 37% in January 2024 and 27% in August 2023, before the Oct. 7 operation.
Support is also weakening among younger Republicans, raising questions about whether the party’s traditionally strong backing for Israel will endure, Axios reported last month.
Source: Anadolu
