Jewish support for Iran war slides during ceasefire, though shrinking majority still backs US strikes.
By World Israel News Staff
Support among American Jews for the war against Iran has declined since the start of the fighting, though a majority still backs the campaign, according to new April data from the Jewish People Policy Institute.
The JPPI Voice of the Jewish People Index found that support among American Jews for the war fell from 68% in the first week of the war to 62% in the third week, and then to 60% after the ceasefire.
Opposition rose over the same period from 26% to 34%.
The data showed sharp political differences among American Jews.
Support for the war was nearly universal among conservatives, reaching as high as 96%. Among self-described centrists, support stood at 83%.
Among liberals, however, opposition was dominant, with 71% of “very liberal” respondents opposing the war.
The survey also found a shift in how American Jews perceive attitudes in their own social circles.
At the beginning of the war, 53% of respondents believed most of their Jewish acquaintances supported the campaign. Within a month, that figure fell to 43%.
The share who said opposition to the war was common in their social circles rose from 20% to 28%.
Another 28% said they did not know how people around them viewed the war, possibly reflecting the sensitivity of the issue.
The poll also found declining confidence in the war’s results.
The share of respondents who described the war as a “great success” fell from 24% to 14% over the past month.
The share who called it a failure rose from 14% to 25%.
Overall, 56% of respondents said they viewed the war as successful to some degree, down from 66%. The share who viewed it as a failure to some degree rose from 26% to 40%.
Here too, political identity played a major role. More than 90% of conservatives viewed the war as a success, while about 59% of liberals viewed it as a failure.
Despite the erosion in support for the war, most respondents backed a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
The survey found that 59% supported the blockade strongly or somewhat, while 28% opposed it.
American Jews viewed Israel’s campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon more favorably than the war with Iran.
Sixty-three percent said the war in Gaza was successful to some degree, while 21% called it a failure and 13% said it was somewhat unsuccessful.
On Lebanon, 61% described the war as successful, including 11% who called it a “great success” and 50% who said it was successful to some degree.
Twenty-seven percent viewed the Lebanon campaign as unsuccessful or a failure.
The ideological divide was especially clear in views of the Lebanon war.
Among “very conservative” respondents, 86% called the campaign a success. The same figure was recorded among Trump voters.
Among “very liberal” Jews, 37% called the Lebanon war a failure, while only 5% described it as a great success.
Among Harris voters, 46% viewed the Lebanon campaign as successful, while 22% called it a failure.
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