Netanyahu's Approval Among Americans Plunges to Record Low—Poll

[Rogue Valley]

Netanyahu's approval among Americans plunges to record low—Poll

A majority of Americans view Netanyahu negatively for the first time, according to a new poll.

www.newsweek.com

7.29.25
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's favorability among Americans plunged to a record low in a new poll released Tuesday. The U.S. has been an Israeli ally for decades, but recent polling suggests support for the Middle Eastern county has slipped amid its military action in Gaza. On October 7, 2023, Hamas led an attack against Israel, killing 1,200 and abducting 251 people. Israel has said 58 hostages remain in Gaza, and that only 21 of them are believed to be alive. Israel has since launched an offensive on Gaza, killing more than 60,000 people, according to The Associated Press, citing Gaza's Health Ministry. Critics have sounded the alarm on Israel's military operation, raising concerns about the number of civilians killed or displaced. The latest poll comes amid growing concerns about the potential starvation of civilians in Gaza. The United Nations has said there is "mounting evidence" of starvation, including plummeting food consumption and acute malnutrition. Netanyahu, however, has denied that civilians are starving in Gaza.

A new poll from Gallup showed Netanyahu, who has served as prime minister in three non-consecutive terms beginning in 1996, with his lowest favorability among Americans since the pollster began tracking his favorability in 1997—nearly 30 years. 52% of respondents said they view Netanyahu unfavorably, compared to only 29% who view him favorably; 19% said they had no opinion of him. Russell Lucas, a professor of international relations at Michigan State University's James Madison College and College of Arts and Letters, told Newsweek the poll findings are unsurprising. "The images of death, destruction, and starvation from Gaza speak for themselves," he said. "Anyone seeing them is sure to be horrified. The American public historically associates actions of countries with their leaders. In this case Americans' growing rejection of Israel's perceived genocide in Gaza directly transfers to their evaluation of Netanyahu." Other surveys have similarly found declining support for Israel among Americans.

Benjamin Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court at the Hague for various War Crimes... the starvation of Gazans being among those crimes. The starvation of an occupied people is outlawed under the Geneva Conventions.

The images from Gaza sicken me. From the emaciated and skeletal bodies of children to swarms of people, both young and old, crying and begging for a ladle-handout of soup in their pitiful tin bowls.

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[Callen]

It's about time this monster was recognized for the evil man he is.

 

[The Brad Dad]

To all chickenshit "centrist" Dems take note: if you're too craven to do the right thing out of morals, then do it out of *politics*. Israel and their genocide aren't popular. It's not a hill to charge let alone die on.

Think it through.

 

[Questerr]

Last year, the Pro-Israel folks called me an antisemite for predicting Israel was going to do what Trump is admitting Israel is doing.

 

[The Brad Dad]

Last year, the Pro-Israel folks called me an antisemite for predicting Israel was going to do what Trump is admitting Israel is doing.

I am Jewish and I cannot tell you how many times in the last 2 years GENTILES have been lecturing me about anti semitism and why I'm a bad Jew for not supporting Israel. As though I'm against the entire concept, not just the genocide the current government is committing.

 

[Questerr]

I am Jewish and I cannot tell you how many times in the last 2 years GENTILES have been lecturing me about anti semitism and why I'm a bad Jew for not supporting Israel. As though I'm against the entire concept, not just the genocide the current government is committing.

I mean, Donald Trump says that Netanyahu is “your prime minister” as a Jewish American. The dual loyalty antisemitic trope is all over the Right.

 

[Dans La Lune]

Don't be fooled. The problem with Israel doesn't begin or end with Netanyahu. He's a symptom, like Trump in America. If you remove Netanyahu, the problem persists. It's a very radicalized society and getting more extreme by the day. This is because there has never been a reckoning with the Zionist project, unlike with America's colonial roots. Israel is a 16th century colonialist project in the 21st century. A society and project motivated by ethno-religious supremacy cannot be reformed without reforming the underlying project.

 

[Questerr]

Don't be fooled. The problem with Israel doesn't begin or end with Netanyahu. He's a symptom, like Trump in America. If you remove Netanyahu, the problem persists. It's a very radicalized society and getting more extreme by the day. This is because there has never been a reckoning with the Zionist project, unlike with America's colonial roots. Israel is a 16th century colonialist project in the 21st century. A society and project motivated by ethno-religious supremacy cannot be reformed without reforming the underlying project.

80% of Israeli Jews believe “there are no innocent people in Gaza”.

 

[TangoNoCash]

He should be on trial for war crimes.

 

[TangoNoCash]

Last year, the Pro-Israel folks called me an antisemite for predicting Israel was going to do what Trump is admitting Israel is doing.

According to DP any pushback to the Israeli genocide of Gaza is antisemitism. Those people are not right in the head.

 

[Dans La Lune]

I am Jewish and I cannot tell you how many times in the last 2 years GENTILES have been lecturing me about anti semitism and why I'm a bad Jew for not supporting Israel. As though I'm against the entire concept, not just the genocide the current government is committing.

The most vehement and effective critics of Israel happen to be Jewish. Of my ideological influences, like 90% are Jewish. Antisemitism has been weaponized and bastardized, along with the memory and lessons of the Holocaust. 'Never Again' was a warning and a promise for all people that the conditions which led to the Holocaust would 'never again' be perpetrated on another people. Jews were supposed to be first among those carrying the flag which preached this message. While many people are able to separate Zionism from Jewish identity, there's been decades of propaganda motivated into linking them, so that for many Jews are on the hook for the actions of a far-right ethno-state. Thus, linking Zionism with Jewish identity is the most antisemitic thing a person can possibly do.

 

[OrphanSlug]

It is supposed to plunge to a record low, Netanyahu is in the middle of a campaign to kill off, or starve out, or somehow something worse whoever is left alive in Gaza.

Clearly, the majority of the nation is over the US being linked to this genocidal shit show that has international level condemnation.

 

[Cameron]

To all chickenshit "centrist" Dems take note: if you're too craven to do the right thing out of morals, then do it out of *politics*. Israel and their genocide aren't popular. It's not a hill to charge let alone die on.

Think it through.

A few weeks of images have done far more for the "cause" than two years of aggressively antagonistic progressive protests. That is also something to think through.

 

[Questerr]

A few weeks of images have done far more for the "cause" than two years of aggressively antagonistic progressive protests. That is also something to think through.

Images of war crimes in Gaza are not new.

But thank you for admitting Moderate Centrists won’t give a shit about blatant violations of human rights until they are undeniably staring them in the face.

 

[The Brad Dad]

A few weeks of images have done far more for the "cause" than two years of aggressively antagonistic progressive protests. That is also something to think through.

I think you are greatly diminishing the attention those protests brought. And as it turned out those protestors were *right*.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Clearly, the majority of the nation is over the US being linked to this genocidal shit show that has international level condemnation.

This. Netanyahu would have a significantly more difficult time carrying out these acrions without the direct military aid Israel receives from the US.

 

[Rogue Valley]

Last year, the Pro-Israel folks called me an antisemite for predicting Israel was going to do what Trump is admitting Israel is doing.

 

[Rogue Valley]

This. Netanyahu would have a significantly more difficult time carrying out these acrions without the direct military aid Israel receives from the US.

And the MAGA right demands that US aid to Ukraine cease despite Ukraine suffering exponentially more dead than Israel has experienced both on and after 7 October 2023.

 

[Rogue Valley]

At any rate, I hope Mr. Trump is sincere about increasing US humanitarian assistence to Gaza.

Even he can no longer make excuses for Netanyahu and soft-pedal the dire situation.

 

[Cameron]

Images of war crimes in Gaza are not new.

But thank you for admitting Moderate Centrists won’t give a shit about blatant violations of human rights until they are undeniably staring them in the face.

The current ones are new in degree. They are more difficult to explain away by claiming, for example, “there were Hamas operatives in that building” or “it was a mistake.”

Do you care more about sticking it to centrists, or Palestinians, because sometimes it’s not clear. Another example of stupid and short-cited progressive tactics in which they consistently alienate their political allies. Public opinion is moving in your favor. It’s something to celebrate.

 

[Questerr]

The current ones are new in degree. They are more difficult to explain away by claiming, for example, “there were Hamas operatives in that building” or “it was a mistake.”

Do you care more about sticking it to centrists, or Palestinians, because sometimes it’s not clear. Another example of stupid and short-cited progressive tactics in which they consistently alienate their political allies.

Do you care more about Palestinians or complaining about progressives tactics when the Progressives HAVE BEEN ****ING RIGHT regarding Israel?

You seem to care more about “alienation” and policing language and tactics than actually advocating for the right side.

 

[Cameron]

Do you care more about Palestinians or complaining about progressives tactics when the Progressives HAVE BEEN ****ING RIGHT regarding Israel?

You seem to care more about “alienation” and policing language and tactics than actually advocating for the right side.

Centrists didn’t start the alienation between progressives and centrists on this issue. Not even in this thread.

And yes, given that progressives tactics may have played a role in Trump now being in charge of America’s response to the Israel-Palestine situation, I have a serious problem with them.

 

[Questerr]

@Cameron this is your entire philosophy here:

Progressives, just speaking: “Hey Israel is committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Gaza!”

Response from Moderates: *crickets*

Progressives, louder marching in the streets: “Hey Israel is committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Gaza!”

Response from Moderates: *crickets*

Progressives, taking over university buildings, protesting more aggressively: “Hey Israel is committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Gaza!”

Response from Moderates: “Hey, you shouldn’t use those tactics!”

*Pictures come out with the most blatant undeniable evidence of war crimes in Gaza*

Response from Moderates: “Oh my god! Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza! Why didn’t we know about this?”

 

[Questerr]

Centrists didn’t start the alienation between progressives and centrists on this issue. Not even in this thread.

And yes, given that progressives tactics may have played a role in Trump now being in charge of America’s response to the Israel-Palestine situation, I have a serious problem with them.

Centrists are more bothered by “incivility” of Progressives than the war crimes of conservatives.

 

[Cameron]

Centrists are more bothered by “incivility” of Progressives than the war crimes of conservatives.

And progressives care more about “being ****ing right” than making the best choices for their cause.