Pew Research Center

Nearly half of young Americans view US relationship with Israel as a burden, survey finds

The findings follow a Pew Research Center survey earlier in April that found 70% of Americans aged 18 to 49 held a somewhat or very negative opinion of Israel.

People take part in a protest and march gathering at Times Square to oppose the joint U.S.-Israel war on Iran in New York City on March 13, 2026.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026.

Majority of US adults have negative view on Israel, Netanyahu, Pew Research finds

Residents of a largely Hispanic neighbourhood watch a gathering of fellow community members and activists across the street from the site of a concluded raid by federal authorities as they expand their crackdown on illegal immigration, in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, November 18, 2025.

Majority of US Latinos believe Trump's policies are more harmful than helpful, Pew Research

 Members of the United Nations peacekeepers (UNIFIL) look at the Lebanese-Israeli border, as they stand on the roof of a watch tower ‏in the town of Marwahin, in southern Lebanon, October 12, 2023.

80% of Israelis feel negatively towards the UN, Pew Research Center study shows


Americans support Israel as it fights Hamas in Gaza - Pew

The level of sympathy towards Israel and Jewish people varied between political affiliations and age brackets.

 Israeli Americans and supporters of Israel gather in solidarity with Israel and protest against antisemitism, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, U.S, November 14, 2023.

Americans support Israel despite disapproval of Netanyahu's gov't

A two-year study from the Pew Research Centre on American sentiments towards Israel has been released with some interesting outcomes.

 Flags of USA and Israel in the wind

Is a crisis brewing in Netanyahu's coalition? - analysis

Could Netanyahu be putting the government’s stability in the hands of the people who want him out?

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are among cabinet ministers attending a state budget meeting, earlier this year.

Poll: Protecting environment for future generations not priority for GOP

The Pew survey highlights the competing visions of Republicans and Democrats regarding climate and energy issues.

Israeli firefighters help battle the blazes in California in September

Who listens to the most true crime podcasts? - study

Overall, women with lower levels of formal education were the biggest whodunit podcast aficionados according to a Pew Research Center poll.  

 Podcast microphone (illustrative)

How important is family time to American Democrats, Republicans?

According to a Pew Research Center survey, 73% of American adults say that spending time with their family is one of the most important things to them.

 A visitor walks through an overgrown tulip bed as people walk around Lafayette Square after the fence was opened to allow public back inside the park following a closure that lasted months outside of the White House in Washington, US, May 10, 2021

Can you be moral without believing in God? Half of Israelis say yes

PEW conducted an international survey to see if people believe that you can be moral without believing in God.

MICHELANGELO’S ‘Creation of Adam’ – God as pure thought or reason?

42% of Americans are skeptical of Netanyahu's leadership - Pew report

In terms of political parties, Republicans were more likely than Democrats to express confidence in Netanyahu.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023.

Over 80% of Americans are critical of China's global role- poll

Among concerns that participants of the poll expressed toward China was the country's partnership with Russia and China’s policies on human rights.

 Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a Franco-Chinese business council meeting with the French president in Beijing, China April 6, 2023

Over half of Americans say abortion pills should be legal in the US - survey

The Pew poll comes as the US government filed a bid on Monday for an emergency stay of a Texas federal judge’s ruling that suspended approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.

 Used boxes of Mifepristone pills, the first drug used in a medical abortion, fill a trash can at Alamo Women's Clinic in New Mexico