# A quarter of Americans oppose tearing down Israeli hostage posters

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## Reading

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%).

## Topline

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

A quarter of Americans oppose tearing down Israeli hostage posters.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- 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%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-09-22 → 2025-09-29
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2025-119
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#defacing-israeli-hostage-posters](https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#defacing-israeli-hostage-posters)

## Citation

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

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#defacing-israeli-hostage-posters](https://reports.verasight.io/r/apsa-2025#defacing-israeli-hostage-posters)