Poll: Most Americans back Israeli strike on Iran
Poll: Most Americans back Israeli strike on Iran – Israel News, Ynetnews.
Some 57% of Americans say they support Israeli military action against Iran’s nuke sites
Yitzhak Benhorin
Most Americans support an Israeli strike on Iran‘s nuclear sites, while a smaller majority endorses such US strike, according to a poll commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League.
Some 63% of poll respondents characterized Israelas a “crucial ally” and said that the Jewish state’s relationship with the US does not undermine America’s image in the world.
As to Iran’s development of nuclear weapons, the poll showed that 57% of Americans support Israeli military action to prevent such scenario while only 31% opposed such move. Some 50% of respondents supported US military action against Iran, while 44% expressed their objection to such strike.
Israeli F-16 – soon in Iran? (Photo: EPA)
Meanwhile, nearly half of all Americans said they sympathize with the State of Israel, while only 18% said they sympathize with the Palestinians. Some 63% of respondents said they believe Israel is serious about peace, while only 37% thought otherwise.
Overall, 73% of Americans said that the US can count on Israel as a strong ally.
“The poll demonstrates once again that no matter the degree of change in the Middle East, the one constant is the American people’s strong support for Israel,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. “It is particularly significant that Americans ‘get it’ with regard to the need for direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians as well as the need to act to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power.”
The poll, titled American Attitudes Toward Israel, the Palestinians and Prospects for Peace in the Middle East, encompassed 1,754 adults and was undertaken in October.
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WarSclerotic 
November 13, 2011 at 5:47 AM
Quite frankly, if the Americans don’t take the lead with the Israelis blowing up Iran, I for one will think that they are a bunch of cowards. Just like the Americans were cowards until half way through WW2 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour and Hitler declared war on them and the Americans finally got off their lazy asses and joined the war against tyranny. Right now the Americans appear to be hiding behind the skirts of the Israelis and the whole thing is a disgrace to the US armed forces. The little kid (Israel) is standing up to the big bully (Iran) and the Americans are standing at the back of the crowd of onlookers shouting “Go on, hit him” to the small kid. But the truth is that if the Israelis bash Iran, they will be saving Washington and New York from Iranian atom bombs. The Americans should hang their heads in shame for behaving like a bunch of girls over this entire Iran problem. The Europeans are even worse. They are selling the centrifuges to Iran. The Russians are actively encouraging the Iranians to build the bomb and showing them how to put it together correctly so it can be aimed at the White House. Bunch of f****** crooks the lot of them. No moral standards other than the law of the jungle. A disgrace to humanity.