A new Pew Research Center survey released this week found that 60% of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of Israel amid the ongoing war in Iran, though a majority of Jewish Americans and white Evangelicals continue to hold generally positive opinions of the country.
The survey, conducted March 23 to March 29 among 3,507 U.S. adults, found that the unfavorable views of Israel rose by 7 percentage points since last year and jumped by nearly 20 points since 2022.
Among those who harbor unfavorable views toward Israel, 28% described theirs as "very unfavorable," marking a 9-percentage point increase since last year and nearly three times the number who expressed such a view in 2022.
More Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents held unfavorable views, with 80% overall expressing unfavorable views. Republicans and those who lean toward that party were more positive at 58%, though the survey observed that the 41% of Republican or Republican-leaning voters who are unfavorable also increased since last year.
Experts who spoke to The Christian Post in 2024 had differing explanations for such a trajectory, ranging from the antisemitic influence of cultural Marxism in American universities to greater exposure to Christian eschatological views that deviate from premillennial dispensationalism, which emphasizes the role of modern Israel in the latter days.
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The survey, conducted March 23 to March 29 among 3,507 U.S. adults, found that the unfavorable views of Israel rose by 7 percentage points since last year and jumped by nearly 20 points since 2022.
Among those who harbor unfavorable views toward Israel, 28% described theirs as "very unfavorable," marking a 9-percentage point increase since last year and nearly three times the number who expressed such a view in 2022.
More Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents held unfavorable views, with 80% overall expressing unfavorable views. Republicans and those who lean toward that party were more positive at 58%, though the survey observed that the 41% of Republican or Republican-leaning voters who are unfavorable also increased since last year.
Experts who spoke to The Christian Post in 2024 had differing explanations for such a trajectory, ranging from the antisemitic influence of cultural Marxism in American universities to greater exposure to Christian eschatological views that deviate from premillennial dispensationalism, which emphasizes the role of modern Israel in the latter days.
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60% of Americans harbor 'unfavorable' views toward Israel: Pew survey
A recent Pew Research survey released this week found that 60 of Americans have an unfavorable view of Israel, though a majority of Jews and white Evangelicals continue to hold generally positive
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