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Posted on 06/21/2026 9:47:24 AM PDT by Mount Athos
Israelis overwhelmingly view the war with Iran and the subsequent deal between Tehran and the United States in a negative light, with 92.1 percent of Israelis believing the Islamic Republic to have won, according to a survey published Sunday.
The poll of 3,644 respondents, conducted between June 17 and 20 by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in collaboration with the Agam Institute, paints a stark picture of public sentiment following the US-Iran deal.
The survey found that even among voters who support the right-wing bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 93.1% believed Iran had won.
Furthermore, 82.9% of respondents believe the six-week campaign against Iran weakened Israel’s long-term security, and 86% have a negative attitude toward the outcome of the fighting and the deal forged by the US and Iran without input from Jerusalem.
The poll also found 87.8% of Israelis believe that the country failed to achieve the objectives it launched the offensive to achieve, or fulfilled only some of them. Israel and the US has said they aimed to eradicate Iran’s nuclear program and missile threat, and bring down the regime.
The findings pointed to a broader crisis of confidence in Israel’s leadership, with nearly three-quarters of those surveyed, 72.5 percent, saying they did not believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that Israel achieved significant gains and removed an existential threat, and 56.4% rating his management of the war as “failed” or “poor.”
Just 26.5% considered the premier’s management of the offensive “good” or “excellent,” and 17.1% considered it “fair.”
The poll also pointed to the political price paid by Netanyahu, with support for his premiership plummeting from 40.5% in early March to 29.4% in June.
Also apparent in the survey was the depth of the anger over US President Donald Trump’s handling of the war and its aftermath, including the deal with Iran, which is deeply unpopular in Israel.
Among survey respondents, 69.1% rated his management of the war as “failed” or “poor,” compared to just 10.8% who considered it “good” or “excellent.”
At the same time, however, the poll found ongoing support for military action against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Asked whether Israel should renew major military action against Hezbollah, including strikes in Beirut, even at the risk of a clash with Trump, who has voiced displeasure over the fighting in Lebanon, 48.2% of respondents said it should, compared to 20.9% who disagreed with this option and 30.9% who said they were unsure.
Finally, respondents were asked whether Israel’s wars against Hamas and Hezbollah had fulfilled the goal of “total victory” espoused by Netanyahu and his government for the past 31 months since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack sparked the war in Gaza and beyond.
Just 12.2% of respondents said they believe Israel achieved most of the goals encompassed in the claim of “total victory,” which the survey described as “among other things, toppling Hamas rule in Gaza, freeing the hostages, and later removing the Hezbollah threat in Lebanon.”
Another 61.3% said Israel did not achieve these goals “at all,” while 26.5% assessed that Israel had achieved “some” of its goals.
The poll was conducted 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 said.
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Trump won’t like it.
They are smart—and understand their own national interest.
We need to learn how to do that.
To an extreme level. By the same token I just don’t seen what they offer us. Even american jews hate trump.
Thank the media in large part for that.
This issue is similar to Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq: The US Military is without peer in the world. There is not another military than can come close to matching us.
The problem comes with the definition of “winning” a war. Honestly, we were spoiled by the absolute victories in WWII. We grew up thinking winning was an absolute. Historically, that has not been true.
And, in the Middle East, “winning” is defined as “surviving.” If a middle eastern country stands up to a greater power and survives...they deem that winning. That has been true since the days of the Ottoman empire (and likely before that.)
In a world where the President of the US “cannot do anything right”, the media will promote a mullah climbing out of the rubble of their wellhead waving a flag as the victor. And most of the retards in this country and others will believe them.
So, the choice is whether we accept their definition and get some semblance of peace...or we have to go back with B52s and level their industrial base and kill millions of people. That might get us “a win”. But in the long run it get us nothing but more hate. And there is enough of that floating around already.
So you don’t know either.
I don’t buy the “Israel is an unsinkable aircraft carrier” excuse for supporting them. And Israel as a nation is far from perfect.
However, Israel is also a democratic country. Not an evil dictatorship. They deserve our support just as, say, West Germany did right after WW2.
West Germany was not a threat to the USSR.
But the USSR was a threat to West Germany.
Well, that’s pretty stupid. Trump prevented Tel Aviv from being nuked.
Did the US run out of Ammo ?LOL
Thanks, Times of Israel. Let’s see what they think after it’s actually over
Does the times of Israel have a poll out on how the Israelis liked President Obama and the deal he made with Iran? Or the stuff he gave them for nothing?
We are at the airport inflection point. The whole reason for the mou was to open the straight. If they won’t do it, then it’s time to unleash and send them back to the 7th Century
The US cannot be the world’s policeman. It’s up to the Iranian people to fight for change, apparently they are not up to the task. It was laid out on a platter for them and not enough of them rose up to finish the job. We have enough problems at home to worry about, and a midterm loss for Trump would be a disaster for the USA.
They are saying that the straight is closed. The whole reason for the move was to open the straight. They are leaving us no choice.
This totally tracks. When you have a group of people that are used to getting everything they want from uncle sugar, then of course anything short of irans utter obliteration and the trucking of pallets of US dollars into tel aviv will poll poorly.
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“they” say a lot of sh!t- 99.9% of it is propaganda that’s blatantly false....they walk step in step with democrats and the liberal media...
To me, it looks like Trump snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
> In their eyes we surrendered. <
That’s an important point. This will be seen *by them* as a victory. And so it will be used for more pro-Islam propaganda.
This doesn’t mean Iran has actually won. It ain’t over until it’s over.
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