Poll: 92% of Israelis believe Iran emerged as winner after war and deal with US

Israelis overwhelmingly view the war with Iran and subsequent deal with the United States in a negative way, with 92.1 precent of respondents to a poll believing Tehran is the winner.

According to the Hebrew University survey, 82.9% say the campaign weakened Israel’s long-term security and 86.0% have a negative attitude toward the outcome.

Furthermore, 72.5% do not believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he says that Israel achieved significant gains and removed an existential threat, with 87.8% of Israelis believing the country failed to achieve its objectives or fulfilled only some of them.

With regards to Netanyahu’s performance, 56.4% say the premier’s management of the campaign was poor or failed.

Meanwhile, the poll finds 48.2% of Israelis support renewed major military action against the Hezbollah terror group, even at the risk of a clash with US President Donald Trump.

The poll was conducted by the Agam Institute in collaboration with Hebrew University between June 17 and 20. The survey questioned 3,644 Israelis aged 17 and over in a weighted sample to reflect the population. The maximum sampling error is 2.2% at a 99% confidence level, the pollsters say.