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Are Most Jews STILL Zionist? One Year Later (tariqacknickulous.substack.com)

Last year in August 2025, I published my article Jews are NOT Oppressed: The Myth of Systemic Antisemitism. In it, I included an exhaustive list of polling data I gathered from around the internet on the opinion of Jews worldwide towards Israel. Most of the surveys were conducted after the start of the 2023 Gaza genocide. The results showed consistent and overwhelming support for Israel among the global Jewish population, with a rough weighted total average of over 85%.

In this article, I decided to go through newer polling data released since August 2025 to see if things have changed a year after I published my initial findings. Below is a summary of results from surveys I found of American, Canadian, British and Israeli Jews in descending order of recency.

The results show that while favorability toward Israel has declined compared to previous years, it remains in the majority across all countries. A majority of Jews polled also do not even consider Israel's actions in Gaza constitute a genocide. Most importantly, the question at the core of Zionism—whether Israel should exist as a Jewish state—still commands overwhelming approval.

Israel's Right to Exist as a Jewish State • US: 72-87% support Israel's right to exist; 66-83% say denying this is antisemitic.

• UK: 81-82% support its right to exist.

• Canada: 92% support its right to exist.

• Israel: 87% say Zionism is not racist; 85% identify as Zionist; 1% as Anti-Zionist.

Attachment to & Favorability of Israel:

• US: 55-71% have a favorable view or feel emotionally attached to Israel; 63% say supporting Israel is important to their Jewish identity; 70-83% view Israeli people favorably.

• UK: 75% feel emotionally attached.

• Canada: 69% feel emotionally attached. Views on the Gaza War & Genocide

• US: 73% say Israel's immediate response to Oct. 7 was justified; 42-46% say ongoing operations are justified; 49-78% deny genocide.

• UK: 81% deny genocide.

• Canada: 70% say Israel's actions are legal/legitimate; 87-90% deny genocide; 64% do not blame Israel for famine.

• Israel: 71-92% rate the IDF highly; 68% want Israel to stay in Gaza; 61% deny famine reports.

Aid & Arms to Israel:

• US: Only 26% support stopping financial and military assistance; 59% support sending more arms.

• Canada: Only 20% support an arms embargo on Israel; 71% support increased aid to Israeli civil society. Antisemitism & Anti-Zionism

• US: 83% say too many critics of Israel use antisemitic tropes; 38-54% view certain anti-Israel actions as antisemitic; 89% say anti-Zionism is linked to antisemitism.

• Canada: 45% say calling Israel "apartheid” is definitely antisemitic; 45% say calling it "genocide" is definitely antisemitic.

• Israel: 78% say anti-Zionism is linked to antisemitism; 68% say boycotts are antisemitic.

Based on the latest polling evidence, little has fundamentally changed. While favorability toward Israel and approval of its conduct have shifted somewhat, overall support for Israel—particularly its status as a "Jewish state"—remains nearly unchanged, with the vast majority of Jews continuing to back the Zionist project, even as they express reservations about its current government.

So one must ask: given the facts presented here—nearly three years into a genocide carried out by the “Jewish state,” by Jews, for Jews, at the expense of non-Jews, with the overwhelming support of Jews worldwide—why does the Western “pro-Palestine” movement spend so much time and energy doing free PR for Jews? Why go so far as to lie on their behalf about what they actually believe? The Western left loves to talk about "centring voices." Well, this is what they've said. So why speak over them?

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[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

this feels really troubling and i wonder if it's because they're ignorant of what colonialism did in the past?

[-] decended_being@midwest.social 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As an antizionist Jew who grew up in the Midwest, I'm fairly confident that its the immense amount of Israeli propaganda being shoved down the faces of young Jews at youth groups, Summer camps, 'Hebrew' classrooms.

Thinking back to the BS we were taught when I was young is horrifying. It's really shameful.

[-] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As an antizionist Jew who grew up in the Midwest

I presume you mean the united states midwest. Can I ask you some questions? Ill put behind spoiler.

spoiler

  • Do you attend religious events?

  • Are those synagogue or organization anti-'israel' (not just antizionist)?

  • Are the other participants extremist zionists or liberal zionists?

  • Are some of them ex-idf members there?


[-] decended_being@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yep, sorry my initial reply was from my phone and I was struggling with how much to add. United States > Midwest.

I'm going to answer them without spoiler, in order. And with the HUGE caveat that I do not speak for all Jewish people.

  • Do you attend religious events?
    • Yes, but I want to clarify that 'religion' is not necessarily 'faith.' I think this is difficult for many US Christians to get.
    • I attend occasional synagogue events (at a very progressive synagogue), holiday events with my friends/family, and charity-style work with local orgs (elder-care, child-care, and nature cleanup)
  • Are those synagogue[s] or organization[s] anti-'Israel' (not just antizionist)?
    • This is a really good question, and unfortunately it depends on the semantics. And even many individuals would define antizionism differently - against the formation/creation and actions of the state of Israel, against the existence of Israel, or against the concept of a Jewish Ethno-state. A combination of those with other perspectives.
    • Some organizations in the area are explicitly against Israel's actions, some are vocal about it, and others are quieter to prevent being silenced. Some orgs try to balance the line with a 2-state-solution style JStreet perspective. Others just parrot the propaganda, and I either stay away from those orgs or try to have discussions with some of the leaders in non-public spaces.
  • Are the other participants extremist zionist or liberal zionists?
    • Again, I hate to be all WhAt Do YoU mEaN bY..., but if we're saying a liberal zionist is someone who is generally liberal / progressive on things except Israel, that's like 65% of the Jewish zionists here. If you're saying a liberal zionist is someone who only kinda supports Israel, that may also overlap with the previous 65% by a lot. There aren't a lot of extremist zionists if that means blindly supporting Israel with everything, believing Israel's right to exist supersedes everything else. But the few who are tend to be the rare Jewish republican / Trumper. The remaining quarter or so are progressives who are either anti-Israel / anti-zionist or didn't have strong thoughts on it until Oct 7 and now likely lean towards the Palestinian cause.
  • Are some of them ex-idf members there?
    • I don't know any former IDF anymore. There used to be a push to bring them around to spread propaganda.
    • I went to a Combatants for Peace event last year, which had some former militants. It's an organization that certainly has its own issues, but ultimately has a goal of building community and caring for each other, regardless of identity.

I'll end with one last thing:

  • For the MOST part, young Jews growing up in my area (under 40ish) are far more progressive on Israel than the older generations. Giving hope to a community of Jewish people who understand the atrocities that our people endured (often our grandparents, including mine) should not be acted upon any people, for any reason. That The Holocaust didn't have the only way to cause a genocide; and that Israel's (and US's) actions in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan is also a genocide and should be stopped.

Dang that's a wall of text, sorry. **Also, edited some formatting because bulleted lists are tough

[-] Soupbreaker@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Thanks for sharing your perspective. I appreciate the thoughtful answer. I can only hope that sensible people will continue to resist attempts to conflate Judaism with Zionism. All attempts to do so play directly into the hands of neonazis.

[-] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 0 points 19 hours ago

Anti-Zionist means upholding al Thawabet at bare minimum.

It sounds like what you are describing for these individuals and organizations is largely not this. This is important.

Liberal Zionism has a specific meaning. This article explains https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/dismantling-israel

This interview discusses "the left" and Palestine. It should also be read. https://calla.substack.com/p/khaled-barakat

I think your answers are relevant. It's possible the only synagogues on earth that prays for the victory of the forces of good, the Resistance, is probably in Iran.

In US or other countries, they don't all need to say it but it is weird there's not even one? I could be wrong though.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I think it's mainly indoctrination

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

i guess it's further proof that the upcoming age verification laws are going work when it comes to preventing young people from learning about the next gaza situation.

[-] DropBear@theblower.au 3 points 1 day ago

@Malyca @eldavi
Four decades ago, a New York Jewish historian wrote this:
https://web.archive.org/web/20171228212521/https://www.wrmea.org/1985-may-27/the-fate-of-author-of-fate.html
What Jewish communities truly think today, we may never know. The Zionist establishment has too much of a chokehold.

How can the Jewish diaspora be liberated from their Zionist oppressors?
#Zionism #Israel #genocide

By Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht I am the unknown Jew. Just as there are monuments to the unknown soldier and the unknown political prisoner, there should be a monument to the unknown Jew. We are Jews who oppose Zionism, who deplore Israeli oppression and aggression, who fear that Judaism may not survive Israel. We are probably a majority of Jews, but no one knows this because we have been effectively intimidated and suppressed by the Zionist minority.

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