{"id":71996,"date":"2026-04-17T07:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/slump-in-voters-support-for-israel-shakes-us-consensus-over-military-aid\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T07:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:55:21","slug":"slump-in-voters-support-for-israel-shakes-us-consensus-over-military-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/slump-in-voters-support-for-israel-shakes-us-consensus-over-military-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Slump in voters\u2019 support for Israel shakes US consensus over military aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bipartisan backing for special relationship is fraying as Middle East conflicts turn public opinion<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s conflicts in the Middle East have driven a sea change in US public opinion, threatening a bipartisan consensus of support for military aid for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/israel\">Israel<\/a> that has been the status quo for decades.<\/p>\n<p>In public opinion polling of Americans, among likely candidates for president, and even in pro-Israel lobbying circles, the special relationship enjoyed by Israel with the US is now under fire as human rights concerns from the left and a new \u201cAmerica First\u201d foreign policy groundswell on the right could impact coming elections \u2013 including the 2028 presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/17\/slump-in-voters-support-for-israel-shakes-us-consensus-over-military-aid\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bipartisan backing for special relationship is fraying as Middle East conflicts turn public opinion Israel\u2019s conflicts in the Middle East have driven a sea change in US public opinion, threatening a bipartisan consensus of support for military aid for Israel that has been the status quo for decades. In public opinion polling of Americans, among &#8230; <a title=\"Slump in voters\u2019 support for Israel shakes US consensus over military aid\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/slump-in-voters-support-for-israel-shakes-us-consensus-over-military-aid\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Slump in voters\u2019 support for Israel shakes US consensus over military aid\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}