Poll Watch: Americans’ Support for Israel Dramatically Declines

There are multiple angles of what is essentially the same story:

• The UK, Canada, France, Belgium and Australia all recognizing a Palestinian state
• Bibi Netanyahu addressing an empty room at the U.N. because over half of the world has turned against Israel over its genocide in Gaza
• The latest New York Times/Siena poll which recently found that over half of Americans now support ending military and economic aid to Israel
• The catastrophic collapse of support for Israel in Gen Z on both Left and Right
• Liberal Boomers turning against Israel
• Larry Ellison taking control of CBS and Paramount and putting Bari Weiss in charge of it
• Larry Ellison transforming TikTok into ZioTok in a desperate attempt to quell criticism of Israel
• The Gaza peace deal which Trump is trying to force on Netanyahu because Israel is politically toxic and whether or not that is real and will go anywhere

The connecting thread in all of these stories is the deterioration of Israel’s public image. The United States is one of the most pro-Israel countries in the world and even here Americans are turning on Israel. Larry Ellison’s acquisition of CBS and TikTok are a desperate last ditch attempt to stop the bleeding. Trump wouldn’t be pushing for this Gaza peace deal (real or fake) if it wasn’t for the political headwinds.

New York Times:

“Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, American support for Israel has undergone a seismic reversal, with large shares of voters expressing starkly negative views about the Israeli government’s management of the conflict, a new poll from The New York Times and Siena University found.

Disapproval of the war appears to have prompted a striking reassessment by American voters of their broader sympathies in the decades-old conflict in the region, with slightly more voters siding with Palestinians over Israelis for the first time since The Times began asking voters about their sympathies in 1998.

In the aftermath of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, American voters broadly sympathized with Israelis over Palestinians, with 47 percent siding with Israel and 20 percent with Palestinians. In the new poll, 34 percent said they sided with Israel and 35 percent with Palestinians. Thirty-one percent said they were unsure or backed both equally.

A majority of American voters now oppose sending additional economic and military aid to Israel, a stunning reversal in public opinion since the Oct. 7 attacks. About six out of 10 voters said that Israel should end its military campaign, even if the remaining Israeli hostages were not released or Hamas was not eliminated. And 40 percent of voters said Israel was intentionally killing civilians in Gaza, nearly double the number of voters who agreed with that statement in the 2023 poll. …”

New York Times:

“President Trump on Monday cast his plan for a cease-fire in Gaza as a landmark deal to bring peace after two years of catastrophic violence. But in reality, it was more like an ultimatum to Hamas.

Standing alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Mr. Trump unveiled a proposal to which both men had agreed. If Hamas refuses to do the same, Mr. Trump said, the United States will let Israel “do what you would have to do.”

“Israel would have my full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas,” said Mr. Trump, who under the plan would become the temporary chairman of a board in charge of the redevelopment of Gaza.

The joint appearance by Mr. Trump and Mr. Netanyahu at the White House was a clear display of unity at a moment when Mr. Trump has shown signs of frustration with the Israeli prime minister, and when much of the world has grown horrified at Israel’s prosecution of the war against Hamas in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. …”