{"id":622984,"date":"2026-05-04T14:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/622984\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:02:08","slug":"support-for-iran-war-among-connected-us-jews-falls-again-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/622984\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for Iran war among ‘connected’ US Jews falls again, poll finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the early days of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, 68% of \u201cconnected\u201d American Jews \u2014\u00a0those with ties to American Jewish institutions \u2014 supported the war, according to a poll taken by an Israeli public affairs institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That proportion fell weeks into the war and fell further to 60% just after President Donald Trump unilaterally announced a ceasefire on April 8, the same survey found, according to results released by the Jewish People Policy Institute last week<\/a> and publicized on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The decline was sharpest among those who identified as \u201cleaning liberal,\u201d 42% of whom are supportive of the war, down from 57% in early March.<\/p>\n

At the same time, opposition among \u201cconnected\u201d Jews has risen sharply, with about a third saying they oppose the war, up from 26% just after the war\u2019s start. And only 14% of respondents said they believed the war had achieved \u201cmajor success.\u201d<\/p>\n

The survey of 806 American Jews, taken April 15-19, drew from a panel that JPPI maintains and surveys regularly. The institute says its polls reflect the sentiments of \u201cconnected\u201d Jews because its panel includes fewer intermarried Jews, more Jews who are affiliated with denominations and more Jews who have lived in Israel than demographic data suggests is representative of U.S. Jewry overall.<\/p>\n

Two polls taken weeks into the war, before the ceasefire, found that most American Jews overall opposed<\/a> the U.S. military campaign against Iran.<\/p>\n

The latest results arrive as the future of the war and its dividends so far remain uncertain. Facing widespread public disapproval on Iran and pressure over oil prices, Trump has repeatedly extended the ceasefire despite failing to extract the major concessions from the Iranians that he has called for. This weekend, he said he was unsatisfied with their latest offer and said he remained torn between wanting to keep pressing for a diplomatic agreement or choosing to \u201cgo and just blast the hell out of them and finish them forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking at an event in Florida, Trump said. \u201cFrankly, maybe we\u2019re better off not making a deal at all. Do you want to know the truth? Because we can\u2019t let this thing go on. Been going on too long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iranian officials have reportedly said they expect a return to fighting, and the Israelis also have said they remain at a high level of military readiness.<\/p>\n

A key sticking point is the future of Iran\u2019s nuclear program, which Trump vowed to eliminate. The Iranians have offered to halt nuclear enrichment for up to five years<\/a>, but Trump has rejected that offer and is pushing for a 20-year pause \u2014\u00a0longer than the 15-year hiatus in the agreement President Barack Obama in 2015 struck that Trump exited in 2018. Following the collapse of that deal, the Iranians are understood to have embarked on an enrichment spree, giving the regime the most nuclear material it has ever possessed. Much of that material remains buried but extractible under facilities Trump bombed last year.<\/p>\n

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