Two surveys released Tuesday point to shifting attitudes on both sides of the Atlantic, with Israeli confidence in President Donald Trump’s commitment to Israel’s security falling sharply while support for Israel among Democrats in the United States continues to weaken.
According to a new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute, disagreements in Israel over the Trump administration’s efforts to negotiate a new nuclear agreement with Iran have coincided with a dramatic decline in the number of Israelis who believe Trump places Israel’s security at the forefront of his decision-making.
Pollsters reported that the percentage of Israelis who believe Trump’s policies are guided by concern for Israel’s security plunged from 44% in May to just 28% in June, marking the lowest level recorded.
The survey, conducted between June 28 and July 1, questioned 603 Jewish Israelis and 151 Arab Israelis. Among Jewish respondents, confidence that Israel can fully depend on Trump dropped by 38 percentage points between March and June 2026.
The poll also found that only slightly more than one-third of Israelis believe the country’s overall strategic security position is stronger today than it was before the war with Iran. The survey’s margin of error was 3.57 percentage points.
Meanwhile, a separate poll released Tuesday by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research highlighted continued changes in American public opinion regarding Israel.
The survey, conducted from June 11 through June 17 among 3,040 respondents—including an oversample of 1,022 Jewish adults—found that 40% of Americans believe the United States is “too supportive” of Israelis, while 39% say Washington is “not supportive enough” of Palestinian Arabs. Researchers noted that although Jewish adults were oversampled to provide more accurate insights into their views, statistical weighting ensured they did not disproportionately influence the overall results.
Among Democrats, the shift has become even more pronounced. The poll found that 58% now believe the United States is “too supportive” of Israelis, up from 45% in an AP-NORC survey conducted in January 2024.
Republicans moved in the opposite direction. Just 21% now say the United States is “too supportive” of Israelis, while the share of Republicans who believe America is “not supportive enough” of Israel has fallen sharply from 39% in 2024 to 15%.
The survey also examined views on Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, finding that roughly one-third of American Jewish adults believe Israel has committed genocide there, while 49% said it has not.
Among the broader American public, approximately one-third likewise believe Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, including about half of Democratic respondents.
Researchers also measured public perceptions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Among all U.S. adults surveyed, 38% expressed an unfavorable opinion of Netanyahu, compared with 28% who viewed Mamdani unfavorably.
Among Jewish respondents, nearly six in ten held an unfavorable view of Netanyahu. By comparison, 39% viewed Mamdani negatively, while 44% expressed a favorable opinion of the New York City mayor.
The AP-NORC survey reported a margin of error of 2.8 percentage points for the overall sample and 5.0 percentage points for the survey of Jewish adults.
{Matzav.com}