A plurality of Americans support the newly brokered deal with Iran, and half believe that the United States should defend Israel militarily, a new poll found.
Some 44 percent of Americans support the interim agreement on Iran’s nuclear program reached between Iran and six world powers in Geneva recently, and 22 percent oppose it, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Nov. 26 showed.
The survey also showed that 49 percent of Americans want the United States to increase sanctions if the Iran deal fails and 31 percent think it should pursue further diplomacy, according to Reuters. Twenty percent believe U.S. military force should be used against Iran.
The poll found that 63 percent of Americans believe that Iran’s nuclear program is developing a nuclear bomb. Iran says the project is for civilian purposes only.
Meanwhile, 65 percent of those polled said that that the United States "should not become involved in any military action in the Middle East unless America is directly threatened;" 21 percent disagreed with the statement.
Fifty percent of the Americans polled believe that the United States "should use its military power to defend Israel against threats to its security, no matter where they come from," and 31 percent disagreed with the statement.
The poll of 591 Americans was conducted from Nov. 24 through Nov. 26 with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.
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