2026-03-28
13 分钟This is The Guardian.
Over the last two and a half years, polling has repeatedly showed that the Israelis have been very sceptical
of Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza.
What 's interesting with the Iran war is that we see overwhelming support for his handling of the war,
for his decision to go to war.
That doesn't seem to have translated into political support for returning him to office.
So basically Israelis are.
Happy he decided to go to war, but they still don't want him to carry on being prime minister.
Four weeks into the Iran war, there is still overwhelming support in Israel for the military action.
But for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it's a different story.
His career, legacy and personal freedom may all be on the line.
From The Guardian's today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Half.
I'm joined by Emma Graham Harrison, The Guardian's chief Middle East correspondent based in Jerusalem.
So we want to look at the view from within Israel.
Obviously, the war and Netanyahu's fortunes are closely interlinked.
But let's start with the public support or otherwise for Israel and the US's war in Iran.
How popular is the military action at the moment?
So there 's been a couple of polls now, both from the beginning of the war and a couple of weeks in,
showing that support for the war among Jewish Israelis is absolutely overwhelming.
It started at over 90% and it stayed at over 90%, which makes Israel a real outlier internationally.