Standing next to the blown-out windows and cracked walls of her apartment in Tel Aviv, Liat Zvi voices an exasperation many Israelis say they feel. It's depressing… we've been in war for two and a half years and this just feels like another round, she sighs.
Six weeks ago, her central neighborhood was among the many locations where Tehran delivered its response to US-Israeli attacks. An Iranian missile evaded Israel's multi-tiered air defense and smashed into a residential building, killing 32-year-old carer Mary Anne Velasquez de Vera from the Philippines. This was the first fatality in Israel during the war with Iran – a conflict that's currently on a precarious pause.
Now, like many of her fellow Israelis, Zvi is asking herself what this conflict actually achieved for her country and is finding it hard to contemplate what happens next. It's too much for me to look ahead - it's really hard.
New polling by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem points to a war-weariness among Israelis. But it also suggests two-thirds oppose the current tentative truce between Washington and Tehran. The vast majority surveyed said they believed neither Iran nor Hezbollah in Lebanon had been severely weakened by the recent US and Israeli bombardment.
Despair was the word a third of respondents chose when asked to describe their current emotion, followed by confusion and anger. Despite deep skepticism of the success of the military action, polling suggests the public is divided on whether Israel should continue to strike Iran, with 39.5% advocating for continued attacks and 41.4% supporting the truce.
Polling throughout the war with Iran has reflected a split between Israel's Jewish majority and Arab minority. In comparison, a majority of Arab respondents showed strong support for a ceasefire. As the conflict grinds on, many Israelis express a dual desire for military action and a longing for peace. If we're not going to break sponsoring Iran's proxies around here, then the ceasefire is not worth anything, Zvi asserts, resonating a complex and conflicted sentiment echoed by many in her country.
Six weeks ago, her central neighborhood was among the many locations where Tehran delivered its response to US-Israeli attacks. An Iranian missile evaded Israel's multi-tiered air defense and smashed into a residential building, killing 32-year-old carer Mary Anne Velasquez de Vera from the Philippines. This was the first fatality in Israel during the war with Iran – a conflict that's currently on a precarious pause.
Now, like many of her fellow Israelis, Zvi is asking herself what this conflict actually achieved for her country and is finding it hard to contemplate what happens next. It's too much for me to look ahead - it's really hard.
New polling by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem points to a war-weariness among Israelis. But it also suggests two-thirds oppose the current tentative truce between Washington and Tehran. The vast majority surveyed said they believed neither Iran nor Hezbollah in Lebanon had been severely weakened by the recent US and Israeli bombardment.
Despair was the word a third of respondents chose when asked to describe their current emotion, followed by confusion and anger. Despite deep skepticism of the success of the military action, polling suggests the public is divided on whether Israel should continue to strike Iran, with 39.5% advocating for continued attacks and 41.4% supporting the truce.
Polling throughout the war with Iran has reflected a split between Israel's Jewish majority and Arab minority. In comparison, a majority of Arab respondents showed strong support for a ceasefire. As the conflict grinds on, many Israelis express a dual desire for military action and a longing for peace. If we're not going to break sponsoring Iran's proxies around here, then the ceasefire is not worth anything, Zvi asserts, resonating a complex and conflicted sentiment echoed by many in her country.
