The political consensus in America that sustained unconditional US support for Israel was built over decades; it will not be dismantled quickly. But the direction of change is now clear. The shift in public opinion away from supporting Israel reflects generational change. That demographic trajectory will not reverse.

There has been dramatic decline in US public support for Israel. Without the full support of the US Administration and Congress, which have been fully owned subsidiaries of the Israel lobby for decades, Israel will be forced to come to terms with Palestinians and its neighbours and halt large-scale ethnic cleansing and genocide. With US support, Israel has become an abomination. The days of Israel’s endless wars on its neighbours may slowly be coming to an end.

The most recent Pew survey in the US showed that six in ten Americans now have a very or somewhat unfavourable view of Israel — up seven percentage points since last year and nearly 20 points since 2022, with 28 per cent holding a ‘very unfavourable’ view, up nearly threefold from 10 per cent in 2022.

Americans’ sympathies no longer lie more with Israelis than with Palestinians. Gallup has found that among those aged 35 to 54, 46 per cent now sympathise more with Palestinians compared with 28 per cent who sympathise more with Israelis, almost a complete reversal from 2025.

The Iran war has been critical in tipping the scales against Israel. The widespread view is that Netanyahu manipulated Trump into a conflict that serves Israeli interests rather than American ones – and this critique is now being advanced loudly by people who would never have entertained it two years ago, including powerful conservative commentators and MAGA-aligned figures.

Military aid to Israel has become a litmus test in Democratic Party primaries. AIPAC, once considered the most powerful Israeli lobby group, is now a liability in many Democratic races, losing key primaries and watching candidates run against it by name.

A recent Quinnipiac poll found that 60 per cent of Americans Quinnipiac – including three-quarters of Democrats and two-thirds of independents – oppose the US sending arms to........

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