Public Opinion Polls: International Opinion Toward Israel

Please tell me if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of Israel? (Pew, June 2026)


FavorableUnfavorableDK/Refused
Kenya50%47%3%
Ghana49%36%15%
Nigeria47%41%12%
Sri Lanka40%41%19%
U.S.37%60%3%
Thailand38%59%3%
Brazil33%52%15%
India32%28%40%
Philippines32%64%3%
Hungary32%54%14%
Greece30%65%5%
Colombia29%56%15%
Canada28%65%7%
Peru28%50%22%
Singapore28%72%1%
South Korea27%70%3%
South Africa27%58%15%
U.K.25%69%5%
France24%68%8%
Mexico23%59%18%
Germany23%73%4%
Chile22%60%18%
Italy21%75%4%
Argentina21%55%23%
Netherlands20%76%4%
Sweden19%78%3%
Australia19%79%1%
Spain17%78%5%
Poland15%70%15%
Bangladesh13%79%9%
Indonesia13%86%1%
Japan13%83%4%
Malaysia11%89%0%
West Bank/East Jerusalem4%85%11%
Pakistan3%95%2%
Turkey1%97%2%

How much confidence do you have in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do the right thing regarding world affairs? (Pew, June 2026)


ConfidenceNo ConfidenceDK/Refused
Kenya56%39%5%
Philippines53%40%7%
Nigeria43%45%13%
Ghana38%38%23%
India34%28%38%
Sri Lanka32%44%24%
U.S.27%59%14%
Hungary26%65%9%
South Africa25%56%19%
Singapore25%74%1%
Thailand25%71%4%
Canada23%72%5%
Greece22%76%2%
Colombia22%63%15%
U.K.22%75%3%
Brazil21%64%15%
Bangladesh19%68%13%
Mexico18%65%16%
Peru18%57%26%
South Korea18%76%6%
Netherlands17%80%2%
Australia16%78%6%
Germany15%83%2%
Indonesia15%83%2%
France14%80%6%
Chile14%64%22%
Sweden14%84%2%
Spain13%82%5%
Argentina13%63%24%
Japan11%81%8%
Malaysia10%89%1%
Italy9%88%3%
Poland9%77%14%
Pakistan3%88%8%
West Bank/East Jerusalem2%85%13%
Turkey1%95%4%

Please tell me if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of [Israel]? (Pew, June 2025)

 
Mainly Favorable (%)
Mainly Unfavorable (%)
United States
45
53
Canada
33
60
France
28
63
Germany
34
65
Greece
23
72
Hungary
36
53
Italy
29
66
Netherlands
19
78
Poland
16
62
Spain
18
75
Sweden
20
75
United Kingdom
30
61
Australia
25
74
India
34
29
Indonesia
17
80
Japan
13
79
South Korea
31
60
Israel
81
17
Turkey
4
93
Kenya
50
42
Nigeria
59
32
South Africa
34
52
Argentina
26
46
Brazil
32
58
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Tell me how much confidence you have in [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] to do the right thing regarding world affairs? (Pew, June 2025)

 
Total Confidence (%)
Total No Confidence (%)
United States
32
52
Canada
26
66
France
17
77
Germany
21
76
Greece
21
74
Hungary
31
57
Italy
14
80
Netherlands
19
78
Poland
11
70
Spain
11
84
Sweden
18
78
United Kingdom
24
68
Australia
20
72
India
34
28
Indonesia
19
76
Japan
10
78
South Korea
25
64
Turkey
2
94
Kenya
54
40
Nigeria
50
38
South Africa
25
64
Argentina
17
55
Brazil
27
63
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Rate your feelings towards Israel, with 100 meaning very warm, favorable feeling, 0 meaning a very cold, unfavorable feeling, and 50 meaning not particularly warm or cold. (Transatlantic Trends, June 2008)

 20042005200620072008
USA6060616162
France4242414141
Germany4145474247
United Kingdom4547444245
Italy4245464447
The Netherlands4450494547
Poland3135383638
Portugal3539383740
Spain3438363539
Slovakia3438363539
Turkey13141258
Bulgaria  383036
Romania  514341

How do you view Israel's influence in the world? (BBC World Service Poll, November 2006 - January, 2007)

 
Mainly Negative (%)
Mainly Positive (%)
United States
33
41
Canada
56
27
Mexico
31
25
Chile
57
17
Argentina
41
12
Brazil
72
9
Russia
40
19
Italy
58
18
Great Britain
65
17
France
66
17
Portugal
60
12
Greece
68
11
Germany
77
10
Poland
49
7
Hungary
45
6
UAE
73
7
Lebanon
85
6
Egypt
78
5
Turkey
76
2
Nigeria
31
45
Kenya
37
38
India
22
24
Philippines
40
22
South Korea
62
22
Australia
68
16
Indonesia
71
15
China
57
15

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? - Suicide bombings, which kill innocent civilians, can be a legitimate form of political action. (Angus Reid Strategies / Maclean’s, September 22-October 6, 2006)

 AgreeDisagree
World
18%
82%
Lebanon
31%
69%
Saudi Arabia
29%
71%
Egypt
27%
73%
Japan
22%
78%
Turkey
21%
79%
Australia
18%
82%
France
17%
83%
South Africa
16%
84%
Mexico
16%
84%
Germany
15%
85%
Spain
14%
86%
Italy
13%
87%
China
13%
87%
South Korea
13%
87%
Britain
11%
89%
Russia
10%
90%
Canada
9%
91%
United States
9%
91%
Israel
8%
93%

Which one of the following countries do you think is the greatest threat to global stability? (Angus Reid Strategies / Maclean’s, September 22-October 6, 2006)

United States
33%
Iran
18%
China
12%
Israel
12%
Iraq
11%
North Korea
9%
Other Country
5%
Russia
1%

Which one of the following issues is the greatest threat to global stability? (Angus Reid Strategies / Maclean’s, September 22-October 6, 2006)

American Foreign Policy
26%
International Terrorism
25%
Islamic Extremism
18%
Poverty/Unemployment
8%
Global Warming
6%
Fundamentalist Governments
4%
The Rise of China
3%
Israeli Foreign Policy
3%
Globalization
2%
Iranian Foreign Policy
2%
HIV/AIDS
2%

Mideast Sympathies (Pew Research Center, 2007)

 IsraelPalestinians
United States
48%
13%
Germany
37%
18%
Great Britain
24%
29%
France
38%
38%
Spain
9%
32%
Russia
21%
16%
China
7%
23%
Japan
25%
29%
India
20%
22%
Nigeria
29%
35%
Indonesia
4%
72%
Egypt
2%
97%
Jordan
1%
97%
Turkey
5%
63%
Pakistan
6%
59%

Do you sympathize more with the Israelis or Palestinians?  (Pew Global Attitudes)  

Response 

France

Germany

Britain

United States

  

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Israelis

20%

24%

22%

46%

Palestinians

28%

24%

28%

12%

Neither

52%

52%

50%

42%