NEW YORK: After decades of reliable bipartisan backing for Israel, a new AP-NORC poll reveals a dramatic erosion of support for the longtime US ally, with rising opposition from Democrats and signs of division among Republicans. The survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research arrives at a moment when a once-consensus foreign policy issue is increasingly polarizing Americans along partisan and generational lines, driven by criticism for Israel’s conduct nearly three years after the outbreak of its latest war with Hamas in Gaza.

A new AP-NORC poll reveals a dramatic erosion of support for Israel, after decades of bipartisan backing.

After decades of reliable bipartisan backing for Israel, a new AP-NORC poll reveals a dramatic erosion of support for Israel