The Israeli public doubts the ability of US president Barack Obama to reach a deal with Iran that can remove the Iranian nuclear threat from Israel, according to a Panels Research poll taken Wednesday and Thursday for The Jerusalem Post and its Hebrew sister publication Ma’ariv Sof Hashavua.Just 11 percent believe Obama can reach such a deal, 64% said he cannot and 25% said they do not know.When asked whether Iran’s nuclear program could be stopped with diplomacy, 53% said no, 27% said yes and 20% said they did not know.
console.log("catid body is "+catID);if(catID==120){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }Asked if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial speech to Congress Tuesday night would impact the negotiations between Iran and the leading nations of the world, 45% said no, 34% yes and 21% did not know.A majority, 51%, said the speech did not harm relations with the US, while 37% said it did. Twelve percent said they did not know.Respondents were evenly split at 46% about whether the prime minister used the speech for political reasons ahead of the March 17 election.Asked if the speech made it more likely they would vote Likud, 21% said yes, 10% said it lowered chances they would cast a ballot for the party, 67% said it had no impact, and 2% did not know. The percentage of those saying the speech would make it more likely they would back Likud was higher among respondents who self-identified as right-wing.The poll of 650 respondents representing a statistical sample of the Israeli population has a margin of error of +-3.9%.