While the United States is still largely supportive of the Israeli cause, recent polls suggest that may soon change as increasing American youths and other racial minorities are rejecting the country's stance on the conflict.

According to an Aljazeera America op-ed, Israeli support in Capitol Hill is attributed to funding that Jewish American organizations provide.

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For instance, a memorandum that lists possible funding sources for Georgia Senate nominee Michelle Nunn noted that donations from the Jewish community would be contingent on Nunn's position on Israel, adding that the case applied to both PACs and individual donors.

In 2011, influential organization American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) had reportedly gotten through a loophole that funded a US$2 million non-profit project that shuttled politicians to Israel to lobby their views on the conflict.

Some observers also note that U.S. support for Israel is due to the pro-Israel stance of Americans, a majority of whom said they sympathized with the Israeli, according to a Gallup poll conducted last year.

But a more recent July 24 survey found that most Americans aged 18 to 49 said Jerusalem's latest attack against Hamas in the West Bank was unjustified. A similar Pew poll released a week later yielded the same results with both African-Americans and Hispanics claiming Israel was to blame more than the Hamas.

Similarly, prominent Jewish Americans are becoming increasingly vocal over their disapproval of Israel's actions.

Former American Jewish Congress Executive Director Henry Siegman - who was a staunch anti-Palestinian - condemned the Israelis for its latest attack and called it a "mass slaughter of innocents."

Longtime pro-Israel supporter and American Federation of Teachers head Randi Weingarten pushed for a ceasefire following reports of civilian casualties in a number of attacked U.N. schools in Gaza.

The op-ed also noted the increasing influence of Muslims and Arab-Americans supportive of the Palestinian cause.

In 2012, New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell, who supported the mobilization of humanitarian aid in Gaza, won over pro-Israel rival Rep. Steve Rothman largely in part for the backing he received from the Arab-Americans.

Additionally, some organizations who have largely remained silent on the issue have started to step up.

Grassroots organization MoveOn and Credo have lobbied successfully against Congress from passing a bill that would levy sanctions on Iran while nuclear talks were still ongoing.

If the youth, centrist and moderate Jewish Americans, progressives, Arab-Americans, and Muslims joined together for a concerted effort to lobby for Israel to establish peace with Palestine, Israel may lose Washington's support.

Ultimately, the op-ed points out that support for an Israel that refuses to grant Palestinian rights is a "losing proposition."

TagsIsrael-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, racial minorities, American youth