Poll finds growing US support for Palestinians as backing for Israel falls – Middle East Monitor

American support for Israel has dropped sharply nearly two years into the Gaza war, with more voters now sympathising with Palestinians, according to a The New York Times/Siena College poll released this week.

For the first time since The New York Times began tracking attitudes in 1998, more Americans expressed sympathy for Palestinians (35 per cent) than for Israel (34 per cent). The poll also found a majority opposing additional US military and economic aid to…