Israel must take sharply declining US public support seriously, think tank warns

Israel must take sharply declining US public support seriously, think tank warns Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Tue, 04/21/2026 - 16:09 Israel's Institute for National Security Studies warns that US support might not last forever Protesters gather in Times Square for an Al Quds Day rally in support of Palestinians and against the current bombing of Iran by both the United States and Israel on 13 March 2026 (Spencer Platt/Getty Images via AFP) Off Israel ’s rapidly declining popularity in the US is a threat to national security and must be taken seriously if the country wants to maintain sufficient support from Washington, an Israeli think tank has warned. A new report from the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) has highlighted the consequences of the steep decline in Israel’s standing with the United States and said that if American public opinion does not change drastically Israel will soon find itself without enough support there. The report published on Monday by the INSS, which has affiliations to the army and Tel Aviv University, refers to polling from the Pew Research Centre released earlier in April, which found that 60 percent of US adults have an unfavourable view of Israel - up from 53 percent last year.