Israelis support attacks on Iran

 Washington Free Beacon:

Israelis overwhelmingly back their country’s military campaign against Iran, even as they duck daily missile barrages and hope for decisive intervention by the United States, according to a new survey of wartime public opinion.

The poll, conducted by researchers at Agam Labs and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, found that 83 percent of Israeli Jews and 70 percent of the overall public support the campaign to take out Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities, which Israel launched by surprise overnight on Friday. One percent of Jews and 16 percent of all Israelis would have preferred continued nuclear diplomacy with Iran.

Airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities are even more popular, with more than 90 percent of the public in support, according to the poll. Almost half of the public, including 54 percent of Jews, says Israel should continue bombing the sites even if the United States and other allies stop helping to intercept Iranian barrages. But two-thirds of Israelis describe the Israel-United States alliance as "critical" to national security and only 30 percent would want Israel to defy a theoretical demand by President Donald Trump to end the war in favor of a deal.

The results of the poll—which surveyed 1,057 Israelis on Sunday and Monday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percent—suggest Israelis are ready to go it alone to confront what they see as an existential threat from Iran—at least up to a point.

"There is a very broad consensus that we had to attack Iran and that we must continue," said Nimrod Nir, the CEO of Agam Labs. "It says a lot that half the public would keep going without U.S. backing even though many of those people are not sure we can finish the job alone."
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The Israelis also probably support Trump's attacks on Iran's nuclear program.  Between the US and Israel, the mullahs are on a losing streak.  I suspect that many Iranians would also like to see the Islamic religious bigots removed from office.  Israelis are probably right to be skeptical of any deal with the mullahs.

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