Some 66% of Israelis trust U.S. President Donald Trump to pursue policies that safeguard Israel’s security interests, according to a poll conducted this month.
Among Jewish respondents to the “Swords of Iron Survey Results— January 2025” poll by Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies, confidence in Trump was higher than among Arabs, at 70% and 52% respectively.
Of those who expressed confidence, 49% said they thought Trump would “act in favor of Israel’s security interests” to “a great extent,” whereas 17.5% said he would do so to a “very great” extent. Among Jews, the figures were 52% and 18% respectively. Among Arabs, they were 36% and 16%.
The poll was conducted between Jan. 16 and Jan. 20, before Trump began his second term as president but after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire that Trump’s team helped negotiate.
Overall, 19.5% indicated that they thought Trump would act “to a low” extent in favor of Israel’s security. Of those, 3.5% said Trump would act “to a very low extent” in Israel’s favor. Among Jews with a skeptical view of Trump’s commitment to Israel’s security, 16% said it was low and 3% said it was very low. Among Arabs, those figures were 16% and 7%, respectively.
Among Jewish respondents to the question, 11% said they didn’t know, as did 25% of Arabs, averaging 14% overall.
The poll, conducted via online interviews by the iPanel Institute, had a representative sample of 1,010 adult respondents, of whom 205 were Arab. The margin of error was 3.5%.
