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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Andrew Roth in Washington

Slump in voters’ support for Israel shakes US consensus over military aid

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Donald Trump holds a press conference with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago club on 29 December 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Israel’s conflicts in the Middle East have driven a sea change in US public opinion, threatening a bipartisan consensus of support for military aid for Israel that has been the status quo for decades.

In public opinion polling of Americans, among likely candidates for president, and even in pro-Israel lobbying circles, the special relationship enjoyed by Israel with the US is now under fire as human rights concerns from the left and a new “America First” foreign policy groundswell on the right could impact coming elections – including the 2028 presidential elections.

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