A poll released Sunday by Israel’s Jewish People Policy Institute found the percentage of Jewish Israelis confident that Israel can win the war dropped below 50% for the first time since the beginning of the war—to 38% from 61% in March. A plurality of 41% respondents said that they weren’t confident Israel can win the war.
Cease-fire talks mediated by Arab governments have stalled amid disagreement on key issues, including whether a halt to the fighting would be temporary or permanent, and after a Hamas attack on a major border crossing with Israel killed four Israeli soldiers. Israel has stepped up attacks in eastern Rafah this
