A new Pew Research Center survey finds unfavorable attitudes toward Israel have risen more than 10% among Americans since the beginning of the war sparked by the October 7, 2023, attacks from Hamas. In 2022, 42% had an unfavorable view of Israel. In the survey taken last month, that had risen to 53%.

Although Democrats are more likely to view Israel unfavorably, Republican opinions of the United States’ closest Middle East ally are also declining. Between 2022 and 2025, unfavorable attitudes toward Israel among Republicans rose from 27% to 37%. Over the same period, Democratic unfavorable attitudes went from 53% to 69%.

Given the fact that much of Israel’s actions in the Middle East are cloaked in religious terms, it will come as no surprise that respondents from differing faith traditions come to vastly different conclusions in the recent survey. Among U.S. Jews, 73% had a favorable outlook on Israel, with 27% holding more negative views. Conversely, more than four-fifths (81%) of Muslims had an unfavorable view, with 19% viewing Israel in a positive light. Protestant Christians are more divided, with 57% favorable and 40% unfavorable attitudes toward Israel.

General U.S. attitudes toward Israel closely correlate with feelings about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. When asked about their confidence in Netanyahu doing the right thing regarding world affairs, only 32% said they had either “some” or “a lot” of confidence. More than half (52%) had little or no confidence in Netanyahu’s ability to make the right decisions.

More results from the Pew study, including the survey’s methodology, can be found here.