American public and political support for Israel is fracturing at an unprecedented pace, with a record 60% of US adults now holding an unfavourable view of the country — a 20-percentage-point rise since 2022 — according to a new Pew Research Center poll conducted during the ongoing US-Israeli military intervention in Iran. In the Senate, 40 Democratic members this week voted to block the sale of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers to Israel, a record figure that reflects a growing willingness among potential 2028 presidential contenders to distance themselves from unconditional support for Israeli military operations. Underscoring the scale of the shift, the liberal pro-Israel lobbying group J Street announced it would for the first time oppose direct US government funding for arms sales to Israel — including defensive systems such as Iron Dome missiles — arguing that American taxpayer subsidies have become a source of deep public anger and that Israel should instead purchase US weapons as other wealthy allies do.