The Israeli public's view of Iran

From Glenn Greenwald, who writes an often excellent column at Salon:

According to Haaretz, a new poll in Israel finds that "only one in five Israeli Jews believes a nuclear-armed Iran would try to destroy Israel and most see life continuing as normal should the Islamic Republic get the bomb." And that poll, for "budgetary reasons," did not even include Israeli Arabs, who comprise 20% of Israel's population. As Haaretz puts it, the poll "challenge[s] the argument of successive Israeli governments that Iran must be denied the means to make atomic weapons lest it threaten Israel's existence." As always, it's striking how much more rational and open debates over Israeli security issues are within Israel as compared to within the U.S.