The majority of Israelis believe that President Donald Trump is able to dictate policy to Tel Aviv. 

The survey was conducted by Israel’s Channel 12, and the results were released on Friday. 67% of Israelis believed that Washington is the primary decision-maker, compared with just 24% who said Tel Aviv is the main decision-maker. 69% of Israelis said their country was a “client state” of the US. 

The survey follows the Israeli Prime Minister pushing back against the accusations that he has been forced to alter the war in Gaza by Trump. In an interview published with JNS last week, Netanyahu asserted, “We’re not asking permission from our American friends. We just tell them that’s what we’re doing, and that’s fine.”

Vice President JD Vance told students at a Turning Points USA event last week that the President applied leverage with the Israeli Prime Minister to get Tel Aviv to agree to the ceasefire and hostage exchange. 

While Israel agreed to the ceasefire and all the living Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas, the IDF has continued to attack Gaza. Over 230 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the start of the ceasefire, including 46 children who were killed on a single day. 

Tel Aviv has also restricted aid deliveries to a fraction of what was agreed under Trump’s peace plan. 

While Trump has allowed Netanyahu to violate the deal daily, he has sent a series of high-level officials to Tel Aviv to keep Israel from completely shattering the deal. The policy has been dubbed “Bibi-sitting.”