Benjamin Netanyahu is wreaking havoc on "Israel's" standing with Americans, with the ongoing war supercharging a steady deterioration in relations between the US and "Israel", Axios reported.

The polling collapse among younger voters in the United States is now making itself felt in Congress, where legislators who previously held firmly pro-"Israel" positions are emerging as outspoken critics.

"We need to have a discussion about how to normalize that relationship and what change is necessary; there's no doubt about that," Representative Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat, told Axios.

Democratic senators reject military sales

Every Democratic senator currently considering a presidential run in 2028 voted against proposed weapons transfers to "Israel" during congressional votes held earlier this week, the report noted. Forty Senate Democrats supported a resolution aimed at blocking arms sales to "Israel", a dramatic increase from just 15 who backed a similar measure last April.

Netanyahu is "destroying the bipartisan nature in terms of support for Israel," Senator Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, told Punchbowl News.

Across the Capitol in the House of Representatives, some Democratic members are now opposing even defensive military assistance, including funding for "Israel's" Iron Dome rocket interception system. That position was "seen as insanely fringe four years ago," Representative Maxwell Frost, a Florida Democrat, told Axios. Several Democrats who approved Iron Dome funding in 2021 have now told Axios they will no longer support financial aid.

Support for 'Israel' plummets across demographic groups

According to recent polling conducted by Pew Research, older Republicans and white Evangelicals remain the only demographic groups in which a majority still hold favorable views of "Israel". For virtually every other category of Americans, the entity's favorability ratings have cratered since 2022.

The decline among older Democrats aged 50 and above stands at 31 percentage points. Among younger Republicans and Republican leaning voters, favorability dropped by 22 points, while younger Democrats and Democratic leaning voters saw an identical 22-point decline.

Support for "Israel" fell by 14 points among Protestants, 23 points among Catholics, and 20 points among Americans with no religious affiliation. Even among white Evangelicals, where favorability stood at 80 percent in 2022, support has declined by 15 points.

The sharp erosion of bipartisan backing for "Israel" in the United States signals a major shift in a relationship long considered unshakeable. Analysts attribute the changing attitudes to Netanyahu's policies and the conduct of the US-Israeli war on Iran, which has faced widespread international condemnation.

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