Israelis are among the world’s biggest fans of the United States - while Palestinians are often America’s greatest critics, according to new poll released by the Pew Research Center on Thursday.

According to the poll, which tested evolving attitudes towards the U.S. and China in 39 countries, 83% of Israelis have a favorable view of the U.S., compared to only 38% who hold positive views of China. Only in the Philippines do more people have favorable views of the U.S. (85%) and only in Japan and Italy is the gap between the favorable views of the U.S. and China larger than it is in Israel.

Palestinians, on the other hand, are at the bottom part of the U.S. fandom table, along with most other Arab and Muslim countries. Only 16% of Palestinians view the U.S. positively, compared to 47% who have warm feelings towards China.

In Egypt, the status of the U.S. is identical, with only 16% viewing Washington favorably, but the worst place for the U.S. – in this as in all other poll questions – is (nuclear) Pakistan, where only 11% view America positively.

Support for the U.S. in Israel is actually the highest it’s been since Pew launched this poll series in 2000. At its peak, Israeli support for the U.S. during the Bush era was 78% (compared to 83% today). By that yardstick, however, Palestinian appreciation for America has actually skyrocketed: in 2003, it was 0%, or in words, zero.

61% of Israelis say that they trust President Obama “to do the right thing” in world affairs, a marked increase since 2011, when only 49% said the same. Confidence in Obama is much lower among Palestinians (15%) or Jordanians (24%) but significantly higher among Germans (88%), French (86%) or Japanese (81%).

The gap between Israelis and Palestinians is widest in response to a question about whether one views the U.S. as partners or enemies: Israel comes in at first place, with a 90%-1% ratio of partner to enemy, while the Palestinians come in last, with a reverse 4%-76% ratio. 69% of Israelis believe that the U.S. takes Israel’s interests into account, compared to 81% of Palestinians and 83% of Egyptians who say that it doesn’t.

Interestingly, despite Egypt’s critical need for U.S. aid, 55% of Egyptians polled thought it had a negative effect on Egypt’s well being. And unsurprisingly, perhaps, support for the use of drones to combat terrorists is higher in Israel (64%) than anywhere else – including the U.S. – and lowest among the Palestinians (3%).

Only 16% of Israelis believe that China takes its interests into account, compared to 79% who say that it doesn’t. Of all 39 countries surveyed, only a smattering of countries in Asia believe that Beijing considers their interests as well. Overall favorable Israeli views of China have actually gone down, from 56% in 2007 to 45% today, most likely because of Beijing’s attitudes towards regimes in Iran and Syria.