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A quarter of Americans oppose tearing down Israeli hostage posters

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About a quarter of Americans (26%) oppose people ripping down or defacing Israeli hostage posters, the most common response in a September 2025 Verasight survey. Nearly as many (24%) say they don't know what happened on Oct. 7, 2023.

Another 19% call those who rip down the posters antisemitic and 18% say they don't care about them, while smaller shares see the removals as resistance to occupation (6%), support ripping them down (4%), or don't believe the hostages exist (2%).

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A quarter of Americans oppose tearing down Israeli hostage posters.

How do you feel about people ripping down or defacing Israeli hostage posters since 10/7/23?

  • I oppose ripping down posters of hostages 26.3%
  • I do not know what happened on 10/7/23 24.3%
  • People who rip down posters of hostages are antisemitic 19.1%
  • I don't care about the posters 17.9%
  • Ripping down posters reflect my resistance to the occupation 6.1%
  • I support ripping them down 4.4%
  • I don't believe the hostages exist 2.1%

2025 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.3%

Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119

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Methodology

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2025-09-22 → 2025-09-29
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.3%
Module
Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119

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Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119, fielded September 22-29, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025

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