WASHINGTON, D.C. — Forty-one percent of Americans now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians in the Middle East situation, while 36% sympathize more with the Israelis. The five-percentage-point difference is not statistically significant, but it contrasts with a clear lead for the Israelis only a year ago (46% vs. 33%) and larger leads over the prior 24 years.
From 2001 to 2025, Israelis consistently held double-digit leads in Americans’ Middle East sympathies, with the gap averaging 43 points between 2001 and 2018. However, public opinion began narrowing in 2019, several years before the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. The cumulative effect of gradual changes in U.S. attitudes since then has led to the Israelis no longer being viewed more sympathetically.
Still fucking wild that 36% of Americans think that genocide is cool.
It’s older Americans who only watch cable news… that lie to them constantly. They believe the narrative that Israel hasn’t started every conflict they’ve been apart of for the past 50 years or more. When in fact, Israel has been the aggressor in most every conflict they’ve been apart of….
the sooner the boomers die the better