Poll: Half of Israelis back bombing if needed to stop Iran nukes

CNN.com ^ | June 14, 2009

[Oldeconomybuyer]

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Roughly half of Israelis support bombing Iran's nuclear facilities if international efforts fail to stop the Islamic republic from developing nuclear weapons, according to a Hebrew University poll released Sunday.

Some 52 percent of Israelis say the country should bomb Iran's nuclear reactor, while 35 percent are against, the poll found. The margin of error in the poll of Israelis is 4.5 percentage points.

Palestinians are somewhat more evenly divided, with 43 percent saying a nuclear Iran would be good for the Arab world and 33 percent saying it would be bad, according to the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah, which conducted the poll along with Hebrew University. The margin of error for the Palestinian sample is 3 percentage points.

Hebrew University released the poll shortly before Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to make what he called a major speech to lay out his plan for the country's peace and security.

[Gay State Conservative]

Please...oh PLEASE...Israel.Take out their nuke sites.ALL of them! Hit them hard.Hit them quick.Leave nothing (and nobody)standing!

[hugorand]

You just posted two stories from the MSM where the polls show contradictory results. Therefore, It’s difficult to believe the accuracy of either poll.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Yup, the MSM uses polls to create “news”.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Nice talk and UN sanctions won't work. Perhaps Israel and the US should launch simutanious attacks against Iran and North Korea. That would change the dynamics.

[hugorand]

Yes, I find it hard to believe Israeli’s wouldn’t support stopping Iran in its nuclear tracks, particularly with the unfolding events. I suspect both of these polls were taken prior to the Iranian election.

[usconservative]

While on another thread, a poll shows that only 1 in 5 Jews living in Israel believe that Iran is a direct threat to them....

Statistics, Polls.... both lie. Depends on the statistician or polltaker I suppose.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Most Israelis could live with a nuclear Iran - poll

Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:55:31 AM · by Oldeconomybuyer ·

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Reuters via Yahoo! News ^ | June 14, 2009

Poll: Half of Israelis back bombing if needed to stop Iran nukes

CNN.com ^ | June 14, 2009

Posted on Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:59:06 AM by Oldeconomybuyer

So why are Rooturs and C LAME LAME out of step?

[mkcc30]

So the other half don’t mind obliteration?

[GovernmentShrinker]

And the rest think they should just sit around waiting to be nuked by Iran?