As of a couple of months ago, here is the latest Gallup poll on American attitudes toward Israel and the Palestinians:
There was an uptick in favorable feelings toward the Palestinian Authority over the past year, but there's no way to know if that's just a blip (like 2005) or a more permanent change. Oddly, the spike was due to a large improvement in Republican attitudes toward the PA.
Also worth noting: since 2000, favorable feelings toward Israel have increased by about 15 percentage points. Favorable feelings toward the PA have increased by nine points. On a different question that explicitly asks where your sympathies lie, Israel is ahead 58-25%. Since 2000, sympathy toward Israel has increased by seven points while sympathy toward the Palestinians has increased by nine points.
The reason for posting this is to provide a baseline for comparison. I would strongly recommend ignoring poll results on this subject while feelings are still high following the latest Gaza war. Just wait a while. Only then will we know for sure how the war truly affected American feelings toward Israel.
The Israel/Palestinian war is one of our "forever wars". I for one would like to butt out.
I would call it the latest Gaza war crime, myself.
Ultimately, the Jewish (re)settler/Palestinian (dis)placed situation will be resolved only if a post-apartheid South Africa/German reunification* type scenario plays out, & not the ongoing Mainland China/Hong Kong two systems one country clusterfuck**.
*Unfortunate precedent, there.
**Though in this scenario, Israel is the economic if not personal freedom engine like Hing Kong while the Palestinian Authority/Gaza are the still developing People's Republic of China.
I'll take super bad mixed metaphors for $1000, (ghost of) Alex.
When they say attitudes toward both Israel and the Palestinians are becoming more positive, is it the same people feeling positive toward both groups, or is opinion becoming more polarized?
I'm sure in the same Gallup poll, 84% of respondents thought Israel was located next to Venezuela, so I wouldn't read much into it.