Natasha of Haaretz does a more thorough job than I did yesterday on the thoroughly-depressing poll #s from the American Jewish Committee. Norman Podhoretz says, Why are Jews Liberal? The answer: They’re not! Excerpt, with [commentary]:
a national poll finds that 56 percent of American Jews support a U.S. military strike against Iran. [What are the #s on Americans generally; I’ll bet far lower]
The annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion, commissioned by the American Jewish Committee, revealed a 14 percent rise in the number of U.S. Jews in support of such a military strike, whose aim would be to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. [Only] 36 percent of those polled – self-described adult Jews were against such an attack.
[By the way, Jewish participation in the military is the lowest among Americans by religious group, as I’ve reported. If your daughter was in the military in Iraq, would you want us to be attacking Iran? This is the moral hazard of privilege, as the Israelis understand; almost all kids serve there, though Palestinians, being second class citizens, don’t have to.]
Asked whether Israel should attack Iran, 66 percent of those polled said they would support such a move.
Despite the general liberal stance of U.S. Jews, 58 percent of those polled said that they believed that within the framework of a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians, Israel should not compromise on the status of Jerusalem as a united city under Israeli jurisdiction. 75 percent also said that they agreed with the statement "The goal of the Arabs is not the return of occupied territories but rather the destruction of Israel." Only 19 percent said that they disagree with the above statement. [The end of the two-state solution; the lobby won’t loose its grip. Let’s see how progressive J Street is at its conference…]
