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Israel: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy

Please say whether you consider Israel an ally of the United States; friendly, but not an ally; unfriendly; or an enemy of the United States.

Latest wave fielded July 2 to 8, 2018. Primary source: Gallup trend table: Israel: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy.

Trend

Israel: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy: trendLine chart of 7 survey waves from 2000 Mar 17-19 to 2018 Jul 2-8. Exact values are in the table below.0%10%20%30%40%50%200520102015Year of fieldworkPercentAlly, March 17 to 19, 2000: 40%Ally, May 18 to 21, 2000: 35%Ally, April 20 to 22, 2001: 32%Ally, June 1 to 4, 2013: 46%Ally, September 15 to 16, 2013: 45%Ally, March 22 to 23, 2014: 44%Ally, July 2 to 8, 2018: 45%Friendly, but not an ally, March 17 to 19, 2000: 20%Friendly, but not an ally, May 18 to 21, 2000: 44%Friendly, but not an ally, April 20 to 22, 2001: 40%Friendly, but not an ally, June 1 to 4, 2013: 32%Friendly, but not an ally, September 15 to 16, 2013: 30%Friendly, but not an ally, March 22 to 23, 2014: 35%Friendly, but not an ally, July 2 to 8, 2018: 34%Unfriendly, March 17 to 19, 2000: 14%Unfriendly, May 18 to 21, 2000: 10%Unfriendly, April 20 to 22, 2001: 14%Unfriendly, June 1 to 4, 2013: 10%Unfriendly, September 15 to 16, 2013: 11%Unfriendly, March 22 to 23, 2014: 10%Unfriendly, July 2 to 8, 2018: 13%Enemy, March 17 to 19, 2000: 4%Enemy, May 18 to 21, 2000: 4%Enemy, April 20 to 22, 2001: 6%Enemy, June 1 to 4, 2013: 6%Enemy, September 15 to 16, 2013: 6%Enemy, March 22 to 23, 2014: 4%Enemy, July 2 to 8, 2018: 6%No opinion, March 17 to 19, 2000: 22%No opinion, May 18 to 21, 2000: 7%No opinion, April 20 to 22, 2001: 8%No opinion, June 1 to 4, 2013: 6%No opinion, September 15 to 16, 2013: 8%No opinion, March 22 to 23, 2014: 8%No opinion, July 2 to 8, 2018: 3%
  • Ally
  • Friendly, but not an ally
  • Unfriendly
  • Enemy
  • No opinion
Source: Gallup; see Sources below. Percentages of respondents.

Toplines

Israel: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy: toplines by survey wave, percent (newest first)
Field datesAllyFriendly, but not an allyUnfriendlyEnemyNo opinionSample (n)Margin of error
July 2 to 8, 2018 (^)45341363----
March 22 to 23, 2014 (^)44351048----
September 15 to 16, 2013 (^)45301168----
June 1 to 4, 201346321066----
April 20 to 22, 200132401468----
May 18 to 21, 200035441047----
March 17 to 19, 2000402014422----

Pollster footnotes: ^ Asked on Gallup Daily tracking survey

Markers in parentheses after a date (^, #, +) are the pollster's own footnotes; their meaning is given in the pollster footnotes. "*" means less than 0.5%; "--" means not asked or not reported.

Sources

  1. Gallup trend table: Israel: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy, accessed October 13, 2026.

Cite

Gallup, "Israel: Ally, Friendly, Unfriendly or Enemy," in Middle East Forum, U.S. Opinion on the Middle East, https://polls.meforum.org/q/gallup-israel-ally/.