The public is not sold on Biden’s support for Israel

Voters aren’t buying President Joe Biden’s newfound appreciation of Israel, a setback just hours before he boards Air Force One for the Middle East.

Apparently more influenced by Biden’s past cold shoulder to the Jewish state and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than his statements of support in the past week after it was brutally attacked by Hamas terrorists, voters by more than 2-to-1 believe U.S.-Israel relations have turned sour under the president.

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In a timely Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Secrets, 43% said relations have gotten “worse,” 17% said “better,” and 29% said they have remained the “same” since Biden took office.

During the Obama-Biden administration and Biden’s first months in office, relations were standoffish, especially with Netanyahu.

Now, however, the two have formed a wartime alliance that Biden plans to cement in his Wednesday trip to Tel Aviv.

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Since the attack by Hamas, the United States and Israel have become very close, and that is expected to last during the war, according to diplomats and experts.

According to the Rasmussen survey, that would make the public happy. The poll found that 63% view Israel as an ally, 7% as an enemy, and 20% “somewhere in between.”