Netanyahu, in UK podcast interview, says Israel has ‘work’ to do to win over Gen Z

Israel has “work” to do in winning over young people in the West as polls show collapsing support, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admits to a UK-based podcast in an interview.

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Protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza have become increasingly common in capitals across the West, attracting large numbers of young people.

A recent Gallup poll has also shown that only 6% of Americans aged 18-34 have a favorable opinion of Netanyahu and just 9% approve of Israel’s military action in Gaza.

On the “Triggernometry” podcast, Netanyahu is asked whether Israel could lose the backing of Western governments once “Gen Z” — those born between around 1997 and 2012 — assumes power.

“If you’re telling me that there’s work to be done on Gen Z and across the West, yes,” he responds.

But he says opposition to Israel among Gen Z stems from a wider campaign against the West and claims there is an orchestrated plot against Israel and the West, without saying who is behind it.

Netanyahu tells the podcast, which bills itself as promoting free speech with “open, fact-based discussion of important and controversial issues,” that US President Donald Trump, who has offered Israel ironclad support since returning to the White House in January, “has proven an exceptional, exceptional friend of Israel, an exceptional leader.”

“I think we’ve been very fortunate to have a leader in the United States who doesn’t act like the European leaders, who doesn’t succumb to this stuff,” he adds, referring to countries including France and the UK that have vowed to recognize a Palestinian state.