Six in 10 Americans say they have a very or somewhat unfavorable view of Israel, up 20 percentage points since 2022, according to a new Pew Research Center survey released this week.
- About half of them say they have a “very unfavorable” view of Israel, a proportion that has tripled in the last four years.
The survey of 3,500 US adults conducted late last month, weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran, offers the latest signal that anti-Israel sentiment is surging among Americans. Multiple previous polls have shown that Americans newly sympathize more often with the Palestinians over the Jewish state.
The poll results come as politicians on both sides of the aisle are pushing for Israel to receive less or no US aid, and as the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC has become a punching bag, especially among Democrats.
- The latest poll replicated the partisan divide widely detected in polling, with about 80 percent of Democrats saying they have an unfavorable view of Israel, compared to 40% of Republicans. Nearly half of Democrats under age 50 said they have a “very unfavorable” view of Israel.
Six in 10 Americans say they have a very or somewhat unfavorable view of Israel, up 20 percentage points since 2022, according to a new Pew Research Center survey released this week.
About half of them say they have a “very unfavorable” view of Israel, a proportion that has tripled in the last four years.
The survey of 3,500 US adults conducted late last month, weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran, offers the latest signal that anti-Israel sentiment is surging among Americans. Multiple previous polls have shown that Americans newly sympathize more often with the Palestinians over the Jewish state.
The poll results come as politicians on both sides of the aisle are pushing for Israel to receive less or no US aid, and as the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC has become a punching bag, especially among Democrats.
The latest poll replicated the partisan divide widely detected in polling, with about 80 percent of Democrats saying they have an unfavorable view of Israel, compared to 40% of Republicans. Nearly half of Democrats under age 50 said they have a “very unfavorable” view of Israel.
Source: TOI