American voters’ support for Israel has dropped, according to a new survey from The New York Times/Siena University.
In the poll, 34 percent of respondents said their sympathies lie “more” with Israel when it comes to “the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians,” a drop from 47 percent in December 2023.
The Times/Siena poll found that 35 percent of respondents said their sympathies lie “more” with the Palestinians, while 20 percent said the same in that 2023 poll.
Nineteen percent in the survey said their sympathies lie with the Israelis and Palestinians “both equally,” while 12 percent said they didn’t “know” or “refused” to answer.
In recent months, international pressure for an end to the Israel-Hamas war has mounted amid an intense humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Israel’s war in the territory has left thousands dead and destroyed large swaths of infrastructure.
President Trump would be the chair of an international “board of peace” to govern and rebuild Gaza in a 20-point plan that the White House unveiled Monday, which describes the end to the Israel-Hamas war and a transition in the direction of peace.
Trump would oversee the framework and funding for Gaza’s rebuilding as chair of the body, up until the Palestinian Authority has reached conditions to gain governance in the territory.
The Times/Siena poll took place from Sept. 22-27, featuring 1,313 registered voters and plus or minus 3.2 percentage points as its margin of sampling error.
