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Local groups and residents speak out against the U.S.\/Israeli war against Iran during a local protest in Townsend Park on Sunday, March 1, 2026 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren\/Times Union)<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Philissa Cramer<\/a><\/p>\n \n March 30, 2026\n <\/p>\n (JTA<\/a>) \u2014 For the second time in a day, a nonpartisan poll has found that most American Jews oppose the U.S. military campaign against Iran \u2014 even as 90% of them say they oppose the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n The new poll, conducted by GBAO Strategies on behalf of the liberal pro-Israel lobby J Street, found that 60% of U.S. Jews say they oppose \u201cthe US military action against Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n About the same proportion, 63%, said they believed \u201cthe most effective way to address U.S. and Israeli concerns about Iran\u2019s nuclear program and destabilizing regional actions is through diplomacy and sanctions,\u201d not military action.<\/p>\n And the majority of American Jews said they believed the war will not improve Israel\u2019s security, with a third saying they believe the war will weaken Israel\u2019s security.<\/p>\n As with the previous poll released earlier on Monday<\/a>, the poll found a sharp partisan and denominational split in the results, with Republicans and Orthodox Jews more likely to support the war, which the United States and Israel jointly launched on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n A press release from J Street touted the survey as \u201cthe first methodologically sound poll of Jewish American opinion since the conflict began,\u201d positioning the results as an antidote to findings from the Jewish People Policy Institute, which surveys \u201cconnected\u201d U.S. Jews and has found that a majority of them support the war<\/a>, even though the proportion has fallen since the war\u2019s start.<\/p>\n \u201cThis data is a wake-up call for anyone claiming to speak for the American Jewish community while beating the drums of war,\u201d\u00a0J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami said in a statement. \u201cMost American Jews see this war for what it is: A reckless, unforced error by a President who has no clear, achievable goals or an exit strategy. This poll proves that the \u2018pro-Israel\u2019 position is the pro-peace position \u2013\u00a0and that means stopping this war before more lives are lost.\u201d<\/p>\n The survey of 800 Jewish registered voters was conducted March 24 to 26 and has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.<\/p>\n The J Street survey also asked respondents about other issues related to Israel. It found that 70% of U.S. Jewish voters said they are more sympathetic to the Israelis than the Palestinians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, compared to multiple polls<\/a> finding an even split or slight edge for the Palestinians among Americans overall.<\/p>\n It also found that 70% of American Jews oppose unconditional military and financial assistance to Israel \u2014 reflecting a mounting political consensus that is at odds with the priorities of AIPAC<\/a>, the traditional pro-Israel lobby.<\/p>\n This is a moment of great uncertainty for the news media, for the Jewish people, and for our sacred democracy. It is a time of confusion and declining trust in public institutions. An era in which we need humans to report facts, conduct investigations that hold power to account, tell stories that matter and share honest discourse on all that divides us. <\/p>\n With no paywall or subscriptions, the Forward is entirely supported by readers like you. Every dollar you give this Passover is invested in the future of the Forward \u2014 and telling the American Jewish story fully and fairly.<\/p>\n The Forward doesn\u2019t rely on funding from institutions like governments or your local Jewish federation. There are thousands of readers like you who give us $18 or $36 or $100 each month or year.<\/p>\n Support our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.<\/p>\n
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