“The last few weeks have seen an inundation of polls regarding the position of the Israeli public on a possible strike against Iran. The only conclusion one can reach after reading these polls is that Israelis as a whole are certainly not buying the message that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to sell them.

Taking all the surveys in their proper context, it seems that the Israeli public opinion can roughly be divided in to three sections:

About a third favors a strike against Iran under almost any circumstance – with or without the blessing of Barack Obama’s administration. Another third opposes a strike, almost unconditionally. This is the section of the public that is responsible for the recent Facebook and YouTube campaignspledging love to Iran and promising Iranians that Israel will not bomb them. And there is a third of Israelis who are undecided; they believe that a strike is probably inevitable, but are afraid of the repercussions and want the Israeli government to do everything possible to ensure U.S. support before carrying it out.”

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