A new report published by Pew today finds that Democrats now view both the Palestinian people and the Palestinian government more favorably than their Israeli counterparts. Democrats and Democrat-leaning respondents gave the Palestinian people a net favorability of 64, and the Palestinian government a net favorability of 37. Alternatively, they gave the Israeli people a net favorability of 60, and the Israeli government a net favorability of 34.
There are wide partisan and generational gaps here: In contrast to Democrats, Republicans and Republican-leaning respondents gave Israeli people a net favorability of 78 over a net favorability of just 37 for the Palestinian people. They gave the Israeli government a net favorability of 66, versus just 18 for the Palestinian one. Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 gave the Israeli people a net favorability of 56, and the Palestinians a net favorability of 61, viewing the Israeli government favorably by a margin of 48, and the Palestinian government by a margin of 28. Americans over the age of 65 viewed the Israeli people favorably by a margin of 78, versus a margin of 47 for the Palestinians, and gave the Israeli government a net favorability of 64, versus just 24 for the Palestinian government.
Notably, young Americans seem to be moving against Israel — and toward Palestine:
An unsurprising development, given the atmosphere on American college campuses.