{"id":167206,"date":"2026-06-19T00:42:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/167206\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T00:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:42:42","slug":"poll-71-of-israelis-dont-trust-trump-to-look-out-for-them-in-iran-deal-just-11-say-israel-won-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/167206\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: 71% of Israelis don’t trust Trump to look out for them in Iran deal; just 11% say Israel won war"},"content":{"rendered":"

A television poll published Thursday found that only a sliver of Israelis feel their country won the Iran war, or trust US President Donald Trump to look out for their interests as he negotiates a deal with the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

In addition, most feel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s conduct hurt Israel\u2019s interests in the US-Iran agreement, according to Channel 12 news.<\/p>\n

The numbers marked a stark departure from the robust support Israelis have given Trump for years in poll after poll. Now, however, there is deep concern across Israel over the terms of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding signed this week, while a series of recent harsh public criticisms of Israeli officials from both Trump and US Vice President JD Vance point to a rift in the US-Israel relationship.<\/p>\n

The Channel 12 poll, asking whether Netanyahu\u2019s conduct benefited or harmed Israeli interests in the US-Iran agreement, finds that 52% say it harmed it, while 24% feel it helped and another 24% don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Asked whether they trust Trump to look out for Israeli interests in an agreement with Iran, 71% said they don\u2019t, while just 13% said they do and another 16% don\u2019t know. Those numbers mark a decline for Trump on this question since last week, when the split was 62% to 21%.<\/p>\n

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And asked about how they think the war ended, 43% say Israel lost, while 41% say it ended inconclusively. Just 11% feel Israel won the war.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tPeople pass by an electronic billboard displaying an image of US President Donald Trump alongside the message \u201cThank you God and Donald Trump\u201d referring to the US involvement in the war between Israel and Iran, in Tel Aviv, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo\/Ohad Zwigenberg)<\/p>\n

The questions were included as part of a survey<\/a> on who Israelis would vote for if general elections scheduled for October were held today, which showed Zionist opposition parties would win more seats than the Netanyahu-led bloc of right-wing and religious parties but would fall short of the 61-seat majority needed to form a government.<\/p>\n

\u2018Most likely to endorse Bibi\u2019<\/p>\n

Further underscoring the current rift between the Trump administration and Israel, the US president said Thursday that he will \u201cmost likely\u201d endorse Netanyahu in the fall elections, but wants to see who else is running against him first.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll have to look at who\u2019s running, but I like Bibi very much. I would be most likely to endorse him,\u201d Trump told the Kan public broadcaster in a phone interview, using Netanyahu\u2019s nickname.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s doing a very good job, he\u2019s got to be a little bit more rational,\u201d Trump continued, apparently referring to Israel\u2019s strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, which the US claims have been indiscriminate.<\/p>\n

The remarks came after an Israeli report earlier this week said Netanyahu\u2019s Likud party shelved a planned election campaign highlighting the premier\u2019s ties with the American leader amid the domestic fallout over the US-Iran deal.<\/p>\n

Trump has issued a series of harsh criticisms of Netanyahu in recent days and weeks, calling him \u201cfucking crazy\u201d and saying he has \u201cno fucking judgment,\u201d among other things, but has also praised their relationship, which he\u2019s called \u201cvery good\u201d and \u201cunbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tUS President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Alex Brandon\/AP)<\/p>\n

Making the case for the MOU, Trump insisted to Kan that \u201cthe Israeli people should support the deal because we took the nuclear weapon threat away against Israel.\u201d He repeated a sentiment he expressed, earlier in the week, saying, \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for Donald Trump, Israel wouldn\u2019t exist right now. They would have been blown off the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Iran\u2019s stockpiles of highly enriched uranium that the MOU says will be the subject of subsequent talks, Trump dismissed the issue as \u201cvery unimportant, frankly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s buried under a mountain that nobody can get to except us, it\u2019s very safely buried under a mountain and at the right time we will get it. We\u2019ll take it at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n


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