Young Americans Have Turned on Israel + Other Headlines

Young Americans Have Turned on Israel

As President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House to discuss ending the war in Gaza, a new survey shows that younger Americans’ views on Israel have shifted quickly over the past two years, especially in the wake of the October 7 massacre and Israel’s war with Hamas. The data is clear that Millennials and Gen Z are much more skeptical of the United States’ unconditional support for Israel than older generations.

These young Americans are being influenced by social media and changing ideas about what it means for the United States to get involved in other nations’ foreign policy disputes. It’s not just young liberal voters, either:

Public polling makes clear that generational change is coming that is set to reshape U.S. policy toward Israel in fundamental ways. On both the left and the right, young Americans are growing more skeptical of offering unconditional U.S. support to Israel, particularly as the death toll in Gaza rises and the possibility of Palestinian statehood dims.

At the same time, younger Israelis are veering hard to the right, becoming more nationalist and religious and less sympathetic to the Palestinians, a shift that will create more tension in the U.S.-Israel relationship in the years to come. A collision looks unavoidable.