Jerusalem: A new poll shows the Israeli government would have significant support at home for a military strike against Iran`s nuclear program.
The poll comes following reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to persuade Cabinet ministers to authorise such a strike and after Israel successfully tested a missile believed capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to Iran.
Forty-one percent of those questioned by the Dialog polling institute say they would back an Israeli attack on Iran`s nuclear facilities, which Israelis think were built to produce bombs.
A similar number — 39 percent — oppose such an attack. Twenty percent were undecided.
The poll was published on Thursday in the Haaretz daily. It surveyed 495 people and had a margin of error of 4.6 percent.
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