PNN – A Hebrew media outlet concluded that Israel is becoming more hated among the people of the world every day.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, Daniel Edilson, a reporter for the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper in New York, admitted in an article that the Iran war has degraded Israel’s standing and has increased the wave of hatred against it in a worrying way.
He asked at the beginning of this article: Was Trump pointing out the truth when he told the Israeli prime minister that everyone hates him?
He continued, citing the results of a scientific study, to show Zionist readers that the Zionist regime’s position in the world is worsening every day, and currently more than 67 percent of the world’s people have negative feelings toward Israel, and only 25 percent have expressed a positive opinion about it. This is while 59 percent of Americans have also stated that they do not trust Benjamin Netanyahu.
The survey, which included 44,657 respondents in 36 countries and is the most comprehensive since the Iran war, paints a troubling picture of Israel’s standing in the world.
67 percent of adults worldwide have an unfavorable view of Israel, while only 25 percent have a favorable view.
Compared to 2025 data, negative views of Israel have increased in 13 of the 24 countries the institute continuously monitors.
For example, in South Korea, negative views of Israel have increased by 10 percentage points, while in Germany, Argentina and Nigeria the increase has been 9 percentage points. In Australia, Italy, Poland and the UK, the percentage of people who have a very negative view of Israel has also increased by more than 10 percentage points.
In fact, surveys show that most of Europe has a negative view of Israel, but three countries in particular – Italy, the Netherlands and Spain – stand out, with more than half of their adult populations having a very negative view of Israel.
The Hebrew-language outlet admits that this attitude is spreading at an alarming rate even in countries that are considered Israel’s closest allies. In the United States, the percentage of respondents who have a negative view of Israel has increased by 7 percentage points, and in the United Kingdom, the figure has increased by 8 percentage points.
In Hungary, although until a few months ago, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was considered one of Netanyahu’s closest allies in Europe, public opinion is far from supportive of Israel, with 54 percent of the country’s population having a negative view of Israel, and only 32 percent expressing a positive view.
Aharonot also noted another notable point, reporting a generational gap in these statistics, with 72 percent of Hungarians aged 18 to 34 holding a negative view of Israel, compared to 45 percent of those over 50.
Trust in Netanyahu has also declined, with 65 percent of respondents saying they have little or no trust in him, an 8 percent increase from the previous year (before the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran).
Countries such as Poland, Indonesia, South Africa, Australia and Canada have also seen a 5 to 8 percent increase in the distrust index for Netanyahu. In Turkey, the negative view of him, which was previously very high (93 percent), has reached a record 97 percent.
The Pew Research Center study shows that attitudes toward Israel have become a highly contentious issue, especially in Western countries. The ideological divide in the United States is also significant, with 83 percent of respondents who identify as liberals having a negative view of Israel, compared with 37 percent of conservatives.
Similarly, among 18- to 34-year-olds in the United States, 74 percent have a negative view of Israel, compared with 49 percent of those over 50.
The trend has also intensified in Europe and Oceania. In Australia, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, nearly nine in 10 respondents who identify as left-wing expressed a negative view of Israel. The gap between right and left in these countries is at least 23 percentage points.
In Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, almost half or more of adults say they have a “very negative” view of Israel.
In addition, the deep crisis of Israel’s image is also evident among the younger generation. In many countries, especially in North America and Europe, young people have more hostile attitudes towards Israel than older generations.
But if Israel’s image in the poll is so poor, its prime minister’s personal standing on the international stage is even more complicated.
When asked whether they trust Netanyahu “to make the right decisions in world affairs,” the majority said they did not.
In the United States, 59 percent of respondents said they did not trust the Israeli prime minister, while only 27 percent expressed confidence in him.
A similar divide between Israel and Netanyahu is seen among American Jews, with 64 percent saying they have little or no trust in the Israeli prime minister.
The situation for Netanyahu in Europe is even worse, the report said, with more than half of adults in countries such as France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands saying they “have no trust in Netanyahu at all.”
Italy leads Europe in distrust of Netanyahu, with 88 percent of respondents expressing disbelief.
South Korea has also experienced the largest drop in positive views of Netanyahu, with the rate of distrust in him rising from 64 percent last year to 76 percent.