How Americans and Israelis view one another and the U.S. role in the Israel-Hamas war
Americans and Israelis now see one another’s leaders more negatively than in the recent past, and other key views have shifted as well.
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Americans and Israelis now see one another’s leaders more negatively than in the recent past, and other key views have shifted as well.
Only 35% of Israelis believe that Israel and an independent Palestine can coexist peacefully, down from 44% in 2017.
Attitudes toward Russia and Vladimir Putin turned much more negative, while opinions of NATO grew more positive.
The new House will have 80 members who’ve served in the military, or 18.4% of members. That’s up from 75, or 17.2%, in the 117th Congress.
A median of about seven-in-ten people in 14 countries expressed unfavorable views of Iran, while only about two-in-ten hold a favorable view.
International relations experts’ assessment of the current crises facing the world are often at odds with those of the U.S. general public.
Americans are much more likely than Germans to see U.S. bases in Germany as important for their country’s national security.
A median of 60% across 10 surveyed member countries have a favorable view of the political and military alliance.
Asked in spring 2019 which country or group poses the greatest threat to their country in the future, just 6% of Americans named Iran.
A median of 52% across 26 countries consider North Korea’s nuclear program to be a major threat to their country.
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