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New polling finds that a comfortable majority of Republicans say they would rather the U.S. fund health care programs at home than continue to send billions to Israel, in the latest show of the increasing divide between the public and U.S. political leaders on Israel policy.

Polling conducted last month asked whether or not Republican voters believe that the U.S. should give Israel funding when such funds could instead be used to fund health care at home.

A majority of respondents, at 65 percent, said that they believe the U.S. should “reinvest” taxpayer funding for Israel into lowering the cost of health care at home. This proportion grows to a whopping 74 percent among younger Republicans, aged between 18 and 44 years old.

The findings were included in a survey released on Tuesday by Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) Policy Project and conducted by YouGov. The survey found broad support for various proposals to reappropriate funding for Israel, with pluralities supporting funding other domestic programs instead, like providing housing to unhoused people and universal school meals.

The polling comes as the U.S.

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