(Jun. 4, 2026 \/ JNS)\n <\/p>\n
A Pew Research Center poll released on Thursday found that most people in 36 countries around the world have a negative view of Israel and that in many of those countries, the Jewish state\u2019s favorability rating is declining rapidly.<\/p>\n
Across the countries Pew examined, which include both close partners of Israel like the United States and Hungary and hostile states like Pakistan, a median of 67% of adults hold an unfavorable view of Israel while just 25% have a favorable one.<\/p>\n
Of the 24 countries where Pew asked the same question in 2025, only Greece saw a marginal improvement in its favorability of Israel.<\/p>\n
In 13 of those countries, unfavorable opinions of Israel have become more common.<\/p>\n
The number of adults saying that they now hold an unfavorable view of Israel compared to a year ago jumped by 10 percentage points in South Korea; nine percentage points in Argentina, Germany, Italy and Nigeria; eight percentage points in Poland and the United Kingdom; seven in the United States; six in Indonesia and South Africa; five in Australia and Canada; and four in Turkey.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople in all European countries surveyed also give relatively negative assessments of Israel,\u201d Pew stated. \u201cIn Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, around half of adults or more say they have a very unfavorable view of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pew found that respondents\u2019 views of Israel often tracked the left-right ideological divide, with those on the left having more negative views of Israel and those on the right a more positive view.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis gap is widest in the U.S.: 83% of liberals and 37% of conservatives have an unfavorable view of the country,\u201d the researchers wrote. \u201cIn Australia, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, around nine-in-10 or more among the left have a negative view of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn each of these nations, that share is at least 23 percentage points higher than it is among those on the right,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n