Jerusalem – US public support for Israel is at its lowest point in a decade, according to a recent poll.
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Gallup – which surveys Americans each year on their sympathies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – this year found a substantial decline in support across party lines, with a surprising 13% drop among Republicans.
Overall, 59% of Americans say they side with Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians, down from 64% the prior year. But the number of Americans who sympathize more with the Palestinian cause has remain unchanged, at 21%.
“The slight decline in US sympathies toward Israel in the past year can be explained by drops among both major party groups,” reads a Gallup description of their poll results. “The percentage of Republicans saying they sympathize more with Israel in the conflict fell from an all-time high of 87% in 2018 to 76% today.”
“Last year’s reading was taken as the Donald Trump administration was preparing to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a change that highlighted [US President Donald] Trump’s strong support of Israel,” it added.
Only 43% of Democrats say they sympathize more with Israel than with the Palestinians in their conflict. Israel has lost support among both moderate and liberal Democrats, with liberal Democrats in particular being among the least sympathetic.
Whos shocked? Israel suckes Americans out of their routine. Israel Israel Israel. Enough already! No dual loyalties!
Some sort of line chart would be useful toward understanding this data.
If Natanyahu would keep a lower profile and instead believing that he is world leader would help. Hitler’s seed ymsh is sprouting but Bibi has the desire to be a world leader instad of worrying about klal ysiroel which he gives a hoot
Shows how little they know of history. Here’s the real history:
“Israelis liked to believe, and tell the world, that they were running an “enlightened” or “benign” occupation, qualitatively different from other military occupations the world had seen. The truth was radically different. Like all occupations, Israel’s was founded on brute force, repression and fear, collaboration and treachery, beatings and torture chambers, and daily intimidation, humiliation, and manipulation.” (Israeli historian Benny Morris, Righteous Victims, p. 341)
I can tell the Israel interest is so low, the tourism has tripled and now they have built a new international airport which already is busy. If it keeps on being any lower they may have to start another major what ever to help with the mass tourism
Keep on being low all that money coming in from all over the world who knows there maybe another rocket in the future to where else???