JERUSALEM A majority of Israelis oppose a strike by their country on Irans nuclear facilities without US cooperation, a new poll found.
Nearly 61% of respondents oppose the strike without the cooperation of the US and 27% favor it, according to a poll released Aug. 16 by the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv Universitys Evens Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution.
The poll also found that nearly 56% of Israelis think it is unlikely that Israel would launch airstrikes against Iran unilaterally; 33% believe the country will go forward with the strikes on its own.
The telephone poll conducted last week spoke with 516 Israelis and has a 4.5% margin of error.
Meanwhile, Israeli groups have launched several petitions and protests against the possibility of an Israeli strike against Iran. One online petition published Aug. 15, which calls on Israel Air Force pilots to refuse to bomb Iran, has garnered hundreds of signatures.
