What do American Jews really think about the war?


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Posted by mh on April 09, 2026 at 10:18:31

In Reply to: This morning CNN interviewed one Jewish man posted by mh on April 09, 2026 at 10:16:29

With Passover poised to begin Wednesday at sundown, a new poll shows a majority of American Jews oppose the joint U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, even as 90% of them say they oppose the Iranian regime.

The poll, commissioned by J Street, the liberal Zionist advocacy and lobby group, found that 60% of U.S. Jews oppose the war and 77% do not believe “President [Donald] Trump has a clear plan and mission for the war.”

Another poll of U.S. Jews, by the Jewish Electorate Institute, released Monday, showed similar results, with 55% of American Jews opposing military action against Iran. The two polls show that Jewish attitudes against the war are comparable to the opposition among all Americans (58% opposition in the Fox News poll conducted March 20-23).

The poll suggests a growing rift between U.S. Jews and Israeli Jews who have thus far supported the Iran war.

“This data is a wake-up call for anyone claiming to speak for the American Jewish community while beating the drums of war,” J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami said in a statement. “Most 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.”



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