As Israel's image collapses, US billionaires move to silence dissent

Public support for Israel in the United States has reached historic lows.

A Gallup poll in July found that 32 percent of Americans approve of the Israeli campaign in Gaza, while 60 percent disapprove, a 10 percent drop in support from the previous September.

Pew Research Center findings showed that a third of American adults (33 percent) say the country sends Israel too much military aid, a larger portion of the population than those who say the US provides the right amount (23 percent) or not enough (8 percent).

A majority of Americans hold a negative view of Israel and report being "extremely" or "very" concerned about its military strikes killing Palestinian civilians and about starvation among Palestinians in Gaza.

A New York Times/Siena poll revealed that there are slightly more Americans who sympathise with the Palestinians than those who sympathise with Israel.

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