AJC poll indicates that 70% of U.S. Jews oppose the war in Iraq

[Behind the Aegis]

Approximately 70% of Jews in the United States oppose the war in Iraq, compared to 28% who support the war, according to a poll conducted by the American Jewish Committee. The poll indicates that 60% of U.S. Jews do not agree with the manner in which the U.S. government is conducting the war on terror.

The poll, which will be published Wednesday, includes a special section on questions examining U.S. Jews' attitudes on relations with Israel. According to the poll, 59% of Jews in the U.S. have never visited Israel; 20% of those polled have visited Israel once, and another 20% said they had visited Israel more than once.

Of those who have never visited Israel, 49% cited the cost of the flight as the main reason, while 20% said security concerns were the reason, and 18% said they had never visited Israel due to "lack of interest."

Some 79% of those polled said that concern for Israel is a main part of their lives as Jews, while 19% disagreed with this statement.

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[rockymountaindem]

1. I doubt this will stop the usual suspects on DU from

citing Wolfowitz and Perle and lumping the rest of us Jews in with them.

Happy Hanukkah!

[Behind the Aegis]

3. So true!

Happy Hanukkah to you as well!!

[demosincebirth]

4. I'm not Jewish and I just ran into your post while checking this group out

It is very true that some on DU paint with a wide brush. I'm Catholic and the majority of Catholics I know tend to be very liberal to moderate. These DUers seem to be very misinformed or very biased against people of faith, except maybe if you're muslim. I believe these are some of what we call "the extreme left."

[Behind the Aegis]

2. As promised...

The entire survey is up at the AJC. Here is the link: 2005 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion