Jewish popularity among Americans down while Palestinians holds steady?

Listen, I understand we nicked a few Gazans but we're still lovable. I don't understand why our popularity numbers are dropping.

We need to hire a new ad agency.

Americans’ views of Israelis have grown increasingly negative, but views of Palestinians have held fairly steady

By Becka A. Alper and Laura Silver, PEW Research

July 9, 2026

The American public’s attitudes toward both the Israeli people and the Israeli government have turned more negative in the past few years. Views of the Palestinian people, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have held fairly steady, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

As recently as 2022, Americans viewed the Israeli people much more favorably than they viewed the Palestinian people. Following Hamas’ attack on Israel in October 2023 and the ensuing war, however, U.S. public opinion toward Israelis has grown increasingly negative, while views of Palestinians have not changed much. As a result, Americans now view the Palestinian people nearly as favorably as they view the Israeli people.

Meanwhile, Americans continue to view the Israeli and Palestinian political leadership more negatively than they view the Israeli and Palestinian people. Majorities of Americans express an unfavorable view of the Israeli government, the Palestinian Authority (which controls the West Bank) and Hamas (which has controlled Gaza). In recent years, negative views of the Israeli government have risen sharply, while views of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have changed little.

(The survey was conducted prior to Hamas’ announcement that it was dissolving its government in Gaza.)

Notably, views of the Israeli people and the Israeli government have worsened in recent years in both U.S. political parties, across age groups and in most religious categories.

These findings come from a survey of 12,574 Americans conducted May 4-17. That was around two months after the U.S.- and Israeli-led war in Iran began.

How Americans’ views of Israelis, Palestinians and their political leadership vary by party

Republicans and Republican-leaning independents have much more favorable views of the Israeli people and Israeli government than Democrats and Democratic leaners do. On the other hand, Democrats have more favorable views of the Palestinian people, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas than Republicans do. (Few in either party have a favorable view of Hamas.)

Views of the Israeli people and Israeli government have turned more negative among both Republicans and Democrats in recent years. But they have fallen more among Democrats than Republicans, so the partisan gaps in these views have widened since 2022.

Opinions of the Palestinian people have also diverged during this period: Democrats’ views have stayed fairly constant, while Republicans’ views have become more negative.

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