Pollsters | U.S. Opinion on the Middle East

Pollsters

4 pollsters and 7 surveys with full method statements. Gallup trend waves without a methods release list values only.

AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research

7 questions

AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research: surveys with full method details
Survey	Field dates	Population	n	Mode	Margin of error
June 2026 AP-NORC Center Poll	June 11 to 17, 2026	U.S. adults	3,040	AmeriSpeak probability panel, online and telephone	±2.8
July 2026 AP-NORC Center Poll	July 23 to 27, 2026	U.S. adults	1,165	AmeriSpeak probability panel, online and telephone	±3.7

Questions from AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research

Independent Palestinian State Including East Jerusalem (4 waves)
Has Israel Committed Genocide in Gaza (1 waves)
Has U.S. Military Action Against Iran Gone Too Far (2 waves)
Has the War with Iran Been Worth Fighting (1 waves)
What the U.S. Should Do Next in the War with Iran (1 waves)
Is U.S. Support of the Israelis Too Much or Not Enough (6 waves)
Is U.S. Support of the Palestinians Too Much or Not Enough (6 waves)

Gallup

36 questions

Gallup: surveys with full method details
Survey	Field dates	Population	n	Mode	Margin of error
Gallup World Affairs survey	February 2 to 16, 2026	U.S. adults	1,001	Telephone (live interviewer, cell and landline, RDD)	±4
Gallup June 2026 survey	June 1 to 15, 2026	U.S. adults	1,001	Telephone (live interviewer, cell and landline, RDD)	±4

Questions from Gallup

Independent Palestinian State on the West Bank and Gaza (21 waves)
Sympathies: Israelis or Palestinians (26 waves)
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict as a Threat to U.S. Vital Interests (11 waves)
Which Side the U.S. Should Pressure (6 waves)
Will Israel and the Arab Nations Settle Their Differences (24 waves)
Seriousness of the 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict (1 waves)
Approval of Israel's Military Action in Gaza (5 waves)
How Closely Americans Followed Israel and the Palestinians (2 waves)
Is the U.S. Doing Enough to Resolve the Israel-Hamas Fighting (1 waves)
Approval of U.S. Military Action Against Iran (2026) (1 waves)
Approval of Israel's Military Action in Iran (2025) (1 waves)
Iranian Nuclear Weapons as a Threat to U.S. Vital Interests (9 waves)
Approval of the 2020 Strike That Killed Qassem Soleimani (1 waves)
Iran: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy (5 waves)
Approval of the Iran Nuclear Agreement (1 waves)
Importance of Events in Iran to the United States (2 waves)
Direct U.S. Diplomacy with Iran (1 waves)
Is Iran Attempting to Develop Nuclear Weapons (1 waves)
Worry About Iran's Ability to Develop Nuclear Weapons (1 waves)
Favorability of Egypt (30 waves)
Favorability of Iran (33 waves)
Favorability of Iraq (35 waves)
Favorability of Israel (39 waves)
Favorability of Saudi Arabia (26 waves)
Favorability of the Palestinian Territories (27 waves)
Favorability of Türkiye (5 waves)
Favorability of Syria (12 waves)
Favorability of Jordan (7 waves)
Favorability of Libya (8 waves)
Favorability of Yemen (1 waves)
Favorability of Kuwait (1 waves)
Does the U.S. Support Israel Too Much or Too Little (8 waves)
Does the U.S. Support the Palestinians Too Much or Too Little (2 waves)
U.S. Humanitarian Aid to the Palestinians (1 waves)
U.S. Military Aid to Israel: Too Much or Not Enough (1 waves)
Israel: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy (7 waves)

Pew Research Center

10 questions

Pew Research Center: surveys with full method details
Survey	Field dates	Population	n	Mode	Margin of error
American Trends Panel Wave 193	May 4 to 17, 2026	U.S. adults	12,574	Online panel (ATP and partner probability panels), some live telephone	±1.3
American Trends Panel Wave 166 (Spring 2025 Global Attitudes, U.S.)	March 24 to 30, 2025	U.S. adults	3,605	Online panel (ATP), some live telephone	±1.9

Questions from Pew Research Center

Favorability of the Israeli Government (5 waves)
Favorability of the Israeli People (5 waves)
Favorability of the Palestinian Authority (3 waves)
Favorability of the Palestinian People (5 waves)
Can Israel and a Palestinian State Coexist Peacefully (2 waves)
Confidence in Benjamin Netanyahu (4 waves)
Favorability of Hamas (3 waves)
U.S. Taking Over Gaza (1 waves)
Favorability of Israel (Pew) (2 waves)
Is the President Favoring the Israelis or the Palestinians (1 waves)

Quinnipiac University

5 questions

Quinnipiac University: surveys with full method details
Survey	Field dates	Population	n	Mode	Margin of error
Quinnipiac University national poll	June 22 to 24, 2025	U.S. registered voters	979	Telephone (live interviewer, cell and landline, RDD)	±3.1

Questions from Quinnipiac University

Concern About Being Drawn into a War with Iran (1 waves)
Support for Israel's June 2025 Strikes on Iran (1 waves)
Support for the U.S. Joining Israel's Strikes on Iran (1 waves)
Would U.S. Strikes on Iran Make Americans Safer (1 waves)
Is U.S. Support of Israel Too Much or Not Enough (1 waves)

MEF-Commissioned Surveys of Israelis

The Middle East Forum commissioned these surveys of Israelis. The question bank holds U.S. samples only, so they appear here, with results as published in the linked MEF articles. Polling of Israeli voters ahead of the Knesset election appears in Israel Vote 2026.

MEF-commissioned surveys of Israelis, as published by MEF
Article	Field dates	Pollster	Population	n	Margin of error	Reported finding
MEF Poll Finds Israelis Massively Support Eliminating Hamas	October 17, 2023	Direct Polls Ltd. (Shlomo Filber and Zuriel Sharon)	Israeli adults (18 and over)	1,086	±4	70 percent named "eliminate Hamas" as Israel's primary objective in the war; 68 percent chose a ground operation to eradicate Hamas over avoiding one (25 percent).
Poll: Israelis Find the Security Establishment "Too Timid"	July 7 to 11, 2019	New Wave Research	Likely Jewish voters in Israel	703	±3.7	Fielded in Hebrew; follows similar MEF-commissioned polls in 2017 and 2018.
Israel Victory Gains Strength	July 3, 2018 (publication date)	Smith Consulting (Rafi Smith)	Jewish Israelis	--	--	33 percent of Jewish Israelis still believed in land-for-peace, per the article; 59 percent called Donald Trump "certainly the most pro-Israel U.S. president to date."
Israelis Want Victory	June 27 to 28, 2017	Smith Institute	Adult Israeli Jews	700	±3.7	58 percent agreed a peace agreement will only be possible once the Palestinian leadership recognizes it has been defeated.