American Favorability Polls

(2001 - Present)

Note: We are presenting raw data. To analyze the data, we encourage users to read the entire study and the methodology used. Sample size, question wording, and question order can all affect the results and reliability of the findings. Context and timing may also influence responses, for example, if the survey is conducted during a war.

In the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians, which side do you sympathize with more: Israel or the Palestinians? (New York Times/Siena National Poll, May 11-15, 2026)

	Total
Palestinians, strongly	24%
Israel, strongly	21%
Both equally	15%
Israel, somewhat	14%
Palestinians, somewhat	13%
DK/NA	13%

Now thinking about the rest of the world, would you say your opinion is favorable or unfavorable towards Israel? (Reuters/Ipsos, May 8-11, 2026)

	Total
Very favorable	11%
Somewhat favorable	11%
Lean towards favorable	21%
Lean towards unfavorable	20%
Somewhat unfavorable	11%
Very unfavorable	22%
DK/NA	4%

Favorable vs. unfavorable views of selected countries (Reuters/Ipsos, May 8-11, 2026)

	Favorable
Canada	72%
Germany	67%
Mexico	54%
Israel	42%
Cuba	35%

Which of the following statements comes closest to your overall view of U.S. support for Israel? (Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos, April 24-28, 2026)

	Total
The U.S. is too supportive of Israel	47%
The level of U.S. support for Israel is about right	40%
The U.S. is not supportive enough of Israel	9%
DK/NA	4%

Do you have a very favorable or unfavorable opinion of …? Israel (Pew, March 24-30, 2025, March 23-29, 2026)

	2013	2022	2025	2026
Favorable	57%	55%	45%	37%
Unfavorable	27%	42%	53%	60%

I’d like your overall opinion of some foreign countries. What is your overall opinion of Israel/Palestinian Authority? Is it very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? (Gallup)

Year	Month	Total Favorable Israel	Total Favorable Palestinian Authority
2026	Feb.	46	37*
2025	Feb.	54	32
2024	Feb.	58	18
2023	Feb.	68	26
2022	Feb.	71	27
2021	Feb.	75	30
2020	Feb.	74	23
2019	Feb.	69	21
2018	Feb.	74	21
2017	Feb.	71	24
2016	Feb.	71	19
2015	Feb.	70	17
2014	Feb.	72	19
2013	Feb.	66	15
2012	Feb.	71	19
2011	Feb.	68	19
2010	Feb.	67	20
2009	Feb.	63	15
2008	Feb.	71	14
2007	Feb.	63	16
2006	Feb.	68	11
2005	Feb.	69	27
2004	Feb.	59	15
2003	Feb.	64	13
2002	Feb.	58	14
2001	Feb.	63	22
2000	March	62
2000	Jan.	54	21
1999	May	68
1999	Feb.	66
1996	March	62
1992	Feb.	48
1991	Nov	47
1991	Sep	56
1991	Aug	62
1991	March	69
1991	Jan-Feb	79
1989	Aug	45
1989	Feb-March	49
Average		64	20

Red = Record High, Green = Record Low

* Referenced as Palestinian territories rather than the Palestinian Authority

Favorability by party ID and partisan gap. (Gallup)

	Republicans	Independents	Democrats	Partisan Gap
2026	69	41	34	35
2025	83	48	33	50
2024	77	51	47	30
2023	82	67	56	26
2022	81	71	63	18
2021	85	76	65	20
2020	91	64	67	24
2019	80	65	61	19
2018	83	72	65	18
2017	81	71	61	20
2016	83	64	66	17
2015	80	69	60	20
2014	81	68	74	7
2013	77	64	62	15
2012	80	70	65	15
2011	81	63	63	18
2010	80	70	53	27
2009	72	62	57	15
2008	84	70	64	20
2007	77	59	58	19
2006	81	60	62	19
2005	78	61	67	11
2004	70	56	50	20
2003	80	55	59	21
2002	68	51	55	13
2001	75	60	60	15

Red = Record High, Green = Record Low

Now, (I’m going to read you the/please read the following) names of several terms, public figures, places, andgroups and (PHONE: I’d like you to) rate your feelings toward each one as very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don’t know the name, please just (say so/indicate that). - ISRAEL (NBC, February 27-March 3, 2026)

	2023	2026
Positive	47%	32%
Negative	24%	39%
Neutral	27%	27%

	2023	2026
Positive	20%	22%
Negative	38%	30%
Neutral	37%	41%

Now we will show you some names and groups. Please indicate if you have a favorable or unfavorable view of that person or group - or if you've never heard of them. [% Favorable] (Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll, October 18, 2023, December 13-14, 2023, February 21-22, 2024, April 24-25, 2024, May 15-16, 2024, July 26-28, 2024, October 11-13, 2024, April 9-10, 2025, August 20-21, 2025, December 2-4, 2025, January 28-29, 2026)

	Oct. 2023	Dec. 2023	Oct. 2024	April 2025	August 2025	December 2025
Israel	59%	54%	48%	43%	42%	41%
Hamas	14%	14%	9%	11%	9%	10%
Palestinian Authority	17%	19%	14%		16%	16%
Benjamin Netanyahu	38%	36%	27%			26%
Ilhan Omar	21%	19%
Rashida Tlaib	18%	18%
Mahmoud Abbas	14%	12%

	January 2026
Israel	39%
Hamas	10%
Palestinian Authority	16%
Benjamin Netanyahu	26%

Please indicate if you have a favorable or unfavorable view of [not exact wording] (McLaughlin & Associates, May 21-23, 2024)

	Favorable	Unfavorable
Israel	50%	37%
China	13%	76%
Russia	8%	83%
Iran	7%	79%
North Korea	6%	83%

Do you agree or disagree that Joe Biden’s surrender of Afghanistan made it more likely that Hamas and Iran would attack Israel? (McLaughlin & Associates, May 21-23, 2024)

Agree	51%
Disagree	29%
DK	20%

Now you're going to see a list of people and places. After each, please indicate if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion. If you haven't heard of them or are unfamiliar with them, just indicate that. (Benenson Strategy Group for JFNA, F ebruary 23-March 12, 2024).

	Jews		Total
	Favorable	Unfavorable	Favorable	Unfavorable
Israel	85%	13%	50%	28%
Israelis	89%	10%	56%	19%
Gaza	11%	80%	26%	41%
Palestine	19%	73%	29%	39%
Palestinians	24%	68%	38%	29%
Hamas	2%	97%	4%	75%
Iran	3%	92%	6%	71%
Israeli government	49%	47%	31%	45%
Palestinian Authority	8%	87%	14%	54%

Please indicate if you have a favorable or unfavorable view of that person or group. [not exact wording] (Democratic Majority for Israel, December 7-12, 2023)

	2023
	Favorable	Unfavorable
Israel	62%	25%
Hamas	7%	80%

Thinking about the situation with Israelis and Palestinians these days, do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of each of the following? (Pew, March 7-13, 2022, Feb. 13-25, 2024).

	2019		2022		2024
	Favorable	Unfavorable	Favorable	Unfavorable	Favorable	Unfavorable
The Israeli government	41%	51%	48%	44%	41%	51%
The Palestinian Authority	19%	71%	28%	63%	23%	68%
The Israeli people	64%	28%	67%	25%	64%	28%
The Palestinian people	46%	45%	52%	40%	50%	41%

Next, I’d like your overall opinion of some foreign countries. What is your overall opinion of [RANDOM ORDER]? Is it very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? (Gallup, February 1-23, 2023).

	Total favorable	Total unfavorable
	%	%
Canada	88	11
Great Britain	86	12
France	83	15
Japan	81	16
Germany	80	19
Italy	80	9
India	70	27
Israel	68	30
Taiwan	77	19
Mexico	59	38
Egypt	68	27
Jordan	57	28
Kuwait	47	42
Cuba	42	55
Saudi Arabia	30	68
The Palestinian Authority	26	68
Russia	9	90
Libya	19	70
Afghanistan	15	83
Iraq	17	80
China	15	84
Iran	15	82
Syria	14	82
North Korea	9	89

Please rate your feelings toward some countries and peoples, with one hundred meaning a very warm, favorable feeling, zero meaning a very cold, unfavorable feeling, and fifty meaning not particularly warm or cold. You can use any number from zero to one hundred, the higher the number the more favorable your feelings are toward that country or those people. (mean) (Chicago Council Surveys, June 2-19, 2020)

Country
Canada	81%
Great Britain	74%
Mexico	61%
South Korea	60%
Israel	58%
India	55%

Israel (%) (Gallup, The Israel Project)

	Very favorable	Mostly favorable	Mostly Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	No Opinion	Total Favorable	Total Unfavorable
Avg All Polls	21	44	20	8	7	65	28
2022 Feb	25	46	18	10	1	71	28
2021 Feb	26	49	17	6	2	75	23
2020 Feb	30	44	18	7	1	74	25
2019 Feb	28	41	20	8	3	69	28
2018 Feb	31	43	17	6	3	74	23
2017 Feb	29	42	21	6	2	71	27
2016 Feb	30	41	16	8	5	71	24
2015 Feb	29	41	17	7	6	70	24
2014 Feb	26	46	16	7	5	72	23
2013 Feb	25	41	21	8	5	66	29
2012 Feb	29	42	17	7	4	71	24
2011 Feb	24	44	20	7	6	68	27
2010 Feb	22	45	19	6	8	67	25
2009 Feb	21	42	21	8	7	63	29
2008 Feb	23	48	18	7	5	71	25
2007 Feb	22	41	22	8	7	63	30
2006 Feb	21	47	18	5	9	68	23
2005 Feb	19	50	20	5	6	69	25
2004 Feb	14	45	25	10	6	59	35
2003 Feb	22	42	23	6	7	64	29
2002 Feb	16	42	25	10	7	58	35
2001 Feb	18	45	20	12	5	63	32
2000 Mar	16	46	20	8	10	62	28
2000 Jan	11	43	21	7	18	54	28
1999 May	15	53	19	6	7	68	25
1999 Feb	18	48	16	7	11	66	23
1996 Mar	17	45	18	11	9	62	29
1992 Feb	12	36	27	16	9	48	43
1991 Nov	11	36	26	11	16	47	37
1991 Sep	11	45	25	9	10	56	34
1991 Aug	15	47	19	6	12	62	25
1991 Mar	20	49	16	7	8	69	23
1991 Jan	28	51	10	3	8	79	13
1989 Aug	11	34	29	16	10	45	45
1989 Feb	8	41	25	13	13	49	38

The Palestinian Authority

	Very favorable	Mostly Favorable	Mostly Unfavorable	Very Unfavorable	No Opinion	Total Favorable	Total Unfavorable
Avg All Polls	3	17	43	27	11	19	70
2022 Feb	4	23	40	25	7	27	65
2021 Feb	5	25	41	24	6	30	65
2020 Feb	4	19	44	29	4	23	73
2019 Feb	3	18	46	24	9	21	70
2018 Feb	3	18	44	27	8	21	71
2017 Feb	3	21	41	27	7	24	68
2016 Feb 3-7	4	15	41	27	13	19	68
2015 Feb 8-11	3	14	43	29	11	17	72
2014 Feb 6-9	3	16	39	27	15	19	66
2013 Feb 7-10	3	12	47	30	8	15	77
2012 Feb 2-5	3	16	44	28	9	19	72
2011 Feb 2-5	3	16	45	25	11	19	70
2010 Feb 1-3	3	17	44	26	10	20	70
2009 Feb 9-12	1	14	43	30	12	15	73
2008 Feb 11-14	1	13	47	28	11	14	75
2006 Feb 6-9	1	10	49	29	10	11	78
2005 Feb 7-10	3	24	43	19	11	27	62
2004 Feb 9-12	2	13	44	32	9	15	76
2003 Feb 3-6	1	12	44	29	14	13	73
2002 Feb 4-6	3	11	44	32	10	14	76
2001 Feb 1-4	4	18	39	24	15	22	63
2000 Jan 25-26	3	18	36	16	27	21	52

^ Asked of half sample

Egypt

	Very favor- able	Mostly favor- able	Mostly un- favor- able	Very un- favor- able	No opin- ion	Total favor- able	Total unfavor- able
Avg All Polls	16	48	24	7	17	56	31
2014 May 2-4						19	53
2014 Feb 6-9	9	36	33	12	10	45	45
2013 Feb 7-10	9	31	36	17	7	40	53
2012 Feb 2-5	5	42	36	11	7	47	47
2011 Feb 2-5	4	36	37	13	10	40	50
2010 Feb 1-2	8	50	24	5	14	58	29
2009 Feb 9-12	8	51	22	5	14	59	27
2008 Feb 11-14	9	53	21	5	13	62	26
2006 Feb 6-9	8	50	22	5	14	58	27
2004 Feb 9-12	7	51	25	7	10	58	32
2003 Feb 3-6	6	50	20	5	19	56	25
2002 Feb 4-6	7	47	29	5	12	54	34
2001 Feb 1-4	11	54	19	4	12	65	23
1996 Mar 8-10	10	48	19	5	17	58	24
1991 Aug 8-11	9	54	15	5	17	63	20
1991 Mar 14-17	11	55	14	3	17	66	17
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	10	56	12	3	19	66	15

Iran

	Very favor- able	Mostly favor- able	Mostly un- favor- able	Very un- favor- able	No opin- ion	Total favor- able	Total unfavor- able
Avg All Polls	3	9	40	43	6	10	84
2014 May 2-4						7	73
2014 Feb 6-9	2	10	42	42	4	12	84
2013 Feb 7-10	2	7	39	48	4	9	87
2012 Feb 2-5	2	8	35	52	4	10	87
2011 Feb 2-5	2	9	42	43	4	11	85
2010 Feb 1-3	1	9	39	46	4	10	85
2009 Feb 9-12	2	10	38	42	7	12	80
2008 Feb 11-14	1	7	43	45	4	8	88
2006 Feb 6-9	1	6	40	46	6	7	86
2004 Feb 9-12	3	14	46	31	6	17	77
2003 Feb 3-6	2	11	48	29	10	13	77
2002 Feb 4-6	2	9	46	38	5	11	84
2001 Feb 1-4	2	10	45	38	5	12	83
1996 Mar 8-10	1	5	38	46	10	6	84
1991 Aug 8-11	1	12	44	35	9	13	79
1991 Mar 14-17	3	11	41	35	10	14	76
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	2	11	39	40	8	13	79
1989 Aug 10-13	1	4	27	62	6	5	89
1989 Feb 28-Mar 2	1	4	27	62	6	5	89

Iraq

	Very favor- able	Mostly favor- able	Mostly un- favor- able	Very un- favor- able	No opin- ion	Total favor- able	Total unfavor- able
Avg All Polls	2	7	33	52	6	9	86
2014 May 2-4						10	70
2008 Feb 11-14	3	17	44	33	3	20	77
2006 Feb 6-9	3	18	39	36	5	21	75
2004 Feb 9-12	4	17	39	35	5	21	74
2003 Feb 3-6	1	4	33	57	5	5	90

2002 Feb 4-6	2	4	39	49	6	6	88
2001 Feb 1-4 ^	2	7	34	51	6	9	85
2000 Nov 13-15	2	4	35	53	6	6	88
1999 May 7-9	1	4	38	53	4	5	91
1999 Feb 8-9	2	5	27	60	6	7	87
1996 Mar 8-10	1	5	34	52	8	6	86
1992 Feb 6-9	1	3	30	62	4	4	92
1991 Aug 8-11	1	6	32	54	7	7	86
1991 Mar 14-17	2	5	26	62	5	7	88
1991 Jan 30-Feb 2	*	3	17	73	7	3	90

Libya

	Very favor- able	Mostly favor- able	Mostly un- favor- able	Very un- favor- able	No opin- ion	Total favor- able	Total unfavor- able
Avg All Polls	2	16	41	24	16	18	65
2006 Feb 6-9	2	20	42	16	20	22	58
2004 Feb 9-12	2	23	43	20	12	25	63
2003 Feb 3-6	1	17	39	24	19	18	63

2002 Feb 4-6	2	13	41	27	17	15	68
2001 Feb 1-4	2	9	40	35	14	11	75

Saudi Arabia

	Very favor- able	Mostly favor- able	Mostly un- favor- able	Very un- favor- able	No opin- ion	Total favor- able	Total unfavor- able
Avg All Polls	5	31	38	18	8	36	56
2008 Feb 11-14	3	28	43	18	8	31	61
2006 Feb 6-9	3	28	44	18	7	31	62
2004 Feb 9-12	3	25	47	19	6	28	66
2003 Feb 3-6	3	27	41	20	9	30	61
2002 Feb 4-6	4	23	42	22	9	27	64
2001 Feb 1-4	7	40	28	18	7	47	46
1991 Aug 8-11	11	45	21	12	11	56	33

Kuwait

	Very favor- able	Mostly favor- able	Mostly un- favor- able	Very un- favor- able	No opin- ion	Total favor- able	Total unfavor- able
2003 Feb 3-6	6	41	30	12	11	47	42

* Less than 0.5%
^ Asked of half sample

Regardless of which side you may support in this conflict, has what you have seen, read or heard about this conflict recently given you a more favorable of less favorable impression of Israel? (The Israel Project)

Date	More Favorable	Less Favorable
May 8, 2003	29%	31%
May 29, 2003	34%	27%
July 2003	36%	34%
Aug 2003	28%	34%
Nov 2003	29%	46%
Jan 2004	32%	47%
Mar 17, 2004	35%	37%
Mar 23, 2004	29%	31%
July 2004	31%	38%
Nov 2004	28%	31%
Jan 2005	32%	32%
Aug 2005	45%	24%
Average	32%	34%

Has what you have seen, read or heard about this conflict recently given you a more favorable or less favorable impression of Palestinians? (The Israel Project)

Date	More Favorable	Less Favorable
May 8, 2003	17%	43%
May 29, 2003	15%	46%
July 2003	23%	49%
Aug 2003	10%	55%
Nov 2003	12%	63%
Jan 2004	18%	56%
Mar 17, 2004	10%	57%
Mar 23, 2004	9%	45%
July 2004	18%	51%
Nov 2004	16%	44%
Jan 2005	19%	44%
Aug 2005	25%	39%
Average	16%	49%

What one country anywhere in the world do you consider to be America's greatest enemy today? (Gallup)

	2/6-9/06	2/7-10/05	2/1-4/01
Iran	31	14	8
Iraq	22	22	38
North Korea/Korea (non-specific)	15	22	2
China	10	10	14
Afghanistan	3	3	*
United States itself	1	2	1
Russia	1	2	6
Saudi Arabia	1	2	4
Syria	1	2	--
France	1	2	--
Cuba	*	*	2
Japan	*	*	1
The Palestinian Authority	*	*	1
Libya	--	*	4

None	1	2	2
Other	6	8	6
No opinion	7	9	11
* Less than 0.5%

ISRAEL
Are you familiar with this country?
IF YES: Are you very favorable toward this country, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable toward it? (Penn, Schoen & Berland Inc., and First International Resources Inc., January 25 and February 17, 2001)

	General Public	Elites	American Jews	Influential Americans
Unfamiliar	10%	6%	5%	0%
Very favorable	29%	30%	54%	0%
Somewhat favorable	38%	45%	30%	0%
Somewhat unfavorable	12%	10%	4%	0%
Very unfavorable	7%	5%	2%	0%
don't know	5%	3%	6%	0%

IF ANSWER CHOICE IS 2 OR 3: Why?

	General Public	Elites	American Jews	Influential Americans
Religious beliefs / It is a godly country	4%	3%	1%	0%
Biblical standpoint /The Bible says they are the chosen people	3%	1%	0%	0%
I am Christian	2%	1%	0%	0%
I am Jewish / It is the country of my homeland	0%	3%	18%	0%
For the plight of the Jews / For the Jewish people / I have Jewish friends	2%	1%	2%	0%
They have a right to the land / It is their homeland / The land was taken away from them and they should get it back	5%	4%	3%	0%
Government / The way they operate / Their policies	9%	4%	3%	0%
Their democracy	3%	13%	11%	0%
They are our friends/ allies / We should support them	14%	13%	5%	0%
Peaceful country / Always working for peace	4%	4%	3%	0%
Turmoil / They are having big problems / They have gone through a lot	7%	6%	2%	0%
From what I have heard/read	2%	1%	1%	0%
"General positive: Very favorable / I agree with them / I like them, etc."	8%	8%	7%	0%
I agree with points on both sides / They need to both learn to get along	1%	4%	0%	0%
"Some things are good/right, others are not (specific and unspecific) / The Israeli's are not doing everything right"	7%	11%	4%	0%
No particular reason / I am very/somewhat favorable toward it	9%	9%	4%	0%
Others	9%	11%	16%	0%
Don't Know / No Response	11%	4%	6%	0%
I am a citizen / I have family in Israel	0%	0%	5%	0%
The elections / The new Prime Minister	0%	0%	7%	0%

IF ANSWER CHOICE IS 4 OR 5: Why?

	General Public	Elites	American Jews	Influential Americans
Their government / Their politics / The way they handle things	17%	16%	21%	0%
War / They are always fighting	10%	10%	0%	0%
Too aggressive	7%	0%	0%	0%
Not making progress/ trying hard enough for peace	3%	6%	17%	0%
They get money from us already	6%	3%	0%	0%
The way they are towards the U.S.	5%	10%	0%	0%
The Palestinian/Arab people / The way they treat the Palestinians / Arabs	4%	13%	8%	0%
Do not trust them / Do not think they are forthcoming / They are a threat	3%	0%	4%	0%
The way they treat their people	3%	3%	0%	0%
Problems / Many problems / Causing problems	4%	3%	0%	0%
The things that are going on	6%	6%	0%	0%
"Foreign countries / Every time a foreign country is in trouble, we have to get involved / They need to take care of their own problems"	5%	0%	0%	0%
From what I have heard/read	3%	0%	0%	0%
No particular reason / I am somewhat / very unfavorable toward it	3%	10%	8%	0%
Others	13%	16%	29%	0%
Don't Know / No Response	9%	3%	13%	0%

JORDAN
Are you familiar with this country?
IF YES: Are you very favorable toward this country, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable toward it? (Penn, Schoen & Berland Inc., and First International Resources Inc., January 25 and February 17, 2001)

	General Public	Elites	American Jews	Influential Americans
Unfamiliar	25%	16%	8%	0%
Very favorable	11%	17%	14%	0%
Somewhat favorable	35%	48%	44%	0%
Somewhat unfavorable	11%	12%	14%	0%
Very unfavorable	4%	1%	8%	0%
Don't know	13%	7%	12%	0%

EGYPT
Are you familiar with this country?
IF YES: Are you very favorable toward this country, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable toward it? (Penn, Schoen & Berland Inc., and First International Resources Inc., January 25 and February 17, 2001)

	General Public	Elites	American Jews	Influential Americans
Unfamiliar	24%	9%	8%	0%
Very favorable	13%	14%	11%	0%
Somewhat favorable	46%	62%	52%	0%
Somewhat unfavorable	6%	6%	20%	0%
Very unfavorable	4%	2%	4%	0%
Don’t know	8%	7%	4%	0%

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