{"id":921866,"date":"2026-07-08T23:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/921866\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:03:21","slug":"us-jews-view-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-more-favorably-than-benjamin-netanyahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/921866\/","title":{"rendered":"US Jews view NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani more favorably than Benjamin Netanyahu"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Jews view New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani more favorably than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research revealed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The survey, carried out on 1,022 Jewish adults nationwide between June 11 and June 17, found that 44% of American Jews view Mamdani<\/a> either very favorably or somewhat favorably, whereas just 32% of respondents said they have a favorable opinion of Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

Thirty-nine percent of US Jews viewed Mamdani unfavorably, and 59% viewed Netanyahu unfavorably.<\/p>\n

A strong majority of US Jews viewed US President Donald Trump<\/a> unfavorably (70%), whereas only 29% had a favorable opinion. This differed from the national average (including Jews and non-Jews) which was 38% favorable and 59% not.<\/p>\n

The respondents were then asked whether they approve or disapprove of the way Trump is handling a variety of issues.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at the Jews For Racial & Economic Justice\u2019s (JFREJ) Seder in the Streets at Union Square on April 06, 2026 in New York City. (credit: MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO\/GETTY IMAGES)Majority of Jews do not approve of Trump policies<\/strong><\/p>\n

A strong majority of Jews did not approve of how Trump is handling the economy (74% disapproval), immigration (69% disapproval), and Iran (73% disapproval). The question regarding Trump\u2019s handling of Israel led to a narrower split, but nevertheless, a majority (58%) of Jews disapproved.<\/p>\n

When asked how important Israel is to them personally, a majority (58%) of US Jewish adults answered \u201cextremely or very important,\u201d and 28% said \u201csomewhat.\u201d Only 12% said Israel was not an important matter for them personally.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, 38% of Jewish respondents said they felt the US was \u201ctoo supportive\u201d of Israelis, while 28% said Israelis are not supported enough by the US, and 32% said the support is at the right level.<\/p>\n

A majority of 43% of Jewish respondents said the US is not supportive enough of Palestinians.<\/p>\n

Among Jewish adults, 33% were in favor of an independent Palestinian state that includes the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and east Jerusalem; 36% were opposed; and 30% were neutral.<\/p>\n

7% of US Jews say Hamas’ October 7 was justified<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps the most extraordinary results came from a series of questions asking respondents whether actions taken by Israel and Hamas were justified.<\/p>\n

Seven percent of US Jews said Hamas\u2019s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, was justified, and 14% said Hamas\u2019s refusal to disarm after the ceasefire in October 2025 was justified.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, a strong majority (79%) said Hamas\u2019s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, was not justified, and another strong majority of Jews (73%) said Israel\u2019s immediate military response to Hamas\u2019s attack was justified.<\/p>\n

When asked whether they believe Israel has committed genocide in Gaza<\/a>, 49% of US Jews said no and 30% said yes; 21% declined to answer.<\/p>\n

It is worth noting that the majority of Jewish respondents in the survey were not religious. When asked how often they attend religious services, 34% said never, 18% said less than once a year, and 16% said one or twice a year.<\/p>\n

Only 10% of respondents were Orthodox, whereas 43% of respondents identified as Reform and 23% as Conservative. Nineteen percent said they had no particular denomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American Jews view New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani more favorably than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a new…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":921867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[12648,372,8921,100253,69,90,18890,4527,99,31034,405,403,50,4154,20864,5301],"class_list":["post-921866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-antisemitism","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-diaspora","tag-diaspora-jews","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-genocide","tag-hamas","tag-israel","tag-jewish","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-poll","tag-the-october-7-massacre","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116886857851773011","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}