{"id":329711,"date":"2026-07-09T11:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&p=329711"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:36:44","slug":"americans-views-of-israelis-have-grown-increasingly-negative-but-views-of-palestinians-have-held-fairly-steady","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2026\/07\/09\/americans-views-of-israelis-have-grown-increasingly-negative-but-views-of-palestinians-have-held-fairly-steady\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans\u2019 views of Israelis have grown increasingly negative, but views of Palestinians have held fairly steady"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The American public\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As recently as 2022, Americans viewed the Israeli people much more favorably than they viewed the Palestinian people. Following Hamas\u2019 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Americans continue to view the Israeli and Palestinian political leadership <\/em>more negatively than they view the Israeli and Palestinian people<\/em><\/strong>. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The survey was conducted prior to Hamas\u2019 announcement<\/a> that it was dissolving its government in Gaza.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably, views of the Israeli people and the Israeli government have worsened in recent years in both U.S. political parties, across<\/strong> age groups and in most religious categories.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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