Palestinians nearly unanimous in their opposition to US war with Iran, with Israelis strongly supporting the strikes while Americans are divided along partisan lines.By World Israel News StaffPalestinians are virtually unanimous in their opposition to American strikes on Iran, while Israelis are strongly supportive and Americans divided heavily along partisan lines, according to a new poll.The survey, published by the Pew Research Center on Tuesday, examined public opinion in Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and the United States after the war began on February 28, when US and Israeli airstrikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Iran responded with missile and drone attacks on Israel and Persian Gulf states, and Palestinian areas also came under Iranian fire. A ceasefire went into effect on April 7 after more than five weeks of fighting.Pew surveyed 1,001 Israelis, including 399 Arab Israelis, from April 5 to May 6. It also surveyed 1,038 Palestinians in Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem from March 30 to April 28.The report also drew on three US surveys conducted from March 16 to 22, March 23 to 29, and April 20 to 26.The survey found that three-quarters of Israelis said the US made the right decision in attacking Iran, while just 2% of Palestinians agreed. Eight in ten Palestinians said it was the wrong decision.In the United States, about six in ten adults said the US made the wrong decision in using military force against Iran, compared with 38 percent who said it was the right decision.Israeli opinion was divided sharply by ethnicity. Among Jewish Israelis, 87 percent said Israel made the right decision in attacking Iran, compared with 19 percent of Arab Israelis.Support also differed by political alignment. Among Jewish Israelis who support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition, 96 percent said Israel made the right decision, compared with 77 percent of Jewish Israelis who do not support the coalition.Israelis were also more likely than Palestinians or Americans to expect positive outcomes from the war.Most Israeli Jews said the war would make Israel safer, while a minority of Arab Israelis agreed.Pew found that 66 percent of Israeli Jews said the military action would make Israel safer, compared with 22 percent of Israeli Arabs.Among Jewish Israelis who support the governing coalition, 84 percent said the war would make Israel safer. Among Jewish Israelis who do not support the coalition, 46 percent said the same.Palestinians expressed the opposite view. Around seven in ten said the war would make themselves, the Palestinian Authority, and the world less safe. Palestinians were also more likely to say the war would increase, rather than decrease, the likelihood that Iran develops nuclear weapons.Thirty-one percent said Iran would be more likely to develop nuclear weapons after the war, compared with 13 percent who said it would be less likely. A 39 percent plurality said they were unsure.Americans gave more mixed assessments of the war’s consequences. Pew found that 40 percent said the war would make the US less safe, while 22 percent said it would make the country safer.On the war’s effect on global security, 33 percent said it would make the world less safe, 27 percent said it would make the world safer, 19 percent said it would make no difference and 19 percent said they were not sure.US opinion was divided along party lines. Seventy percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said the US made the right decision in attacking Iran. Ninety percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said it was the wrong decision.Republicans were also more likely than Democrats to expect the war to reduce Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons. Pew said Americans overall were about evenly divided on whether the war would make Iran more likely, less likely or about as likely as before to develop a nuclear weapon.The post Israelis, Palestinians and Americans divided over Iran war appeared first on World Israel News.