The majority of Lebanese civilians want to see a peace agreement reached with Israel, according to a new poll conducted by the International Information Company in Lebanon, first published by the Lebanese news outlet Al-Jadeed on Monday.
The data, collected from 2,000 respondents across Lebanese sects and regions between April 28 and May 5, found that Druze showed the highest support for a peace agreement with Israel at 84%, followed by Maronite respondents at 77% and Orthodox Christians at 72%.
While the majority of respondents supported a peace agreement, Lebanon’s Muslim population was less supportive. A slight majority of Sunnis (52%) wanted a deal, while 92% of Shi’ites said they would oppose such a move.
Despite wanting a peace deal, a slight majority of 59% said they opposed Beirut normalizing ties with Jerusalem. A sweeping majority of Shi’ites (94%) and Sunnis (74%) said they opposed normalization, while 58% of Maronites, 49% of Orthodox Christians, and 79% of Druze said they would support normalization.
Though normalization remains a divisive issue, the poll noted that it was growing in popularity, with support for such a move standing at only 13.2% in August 2025.
Regarding the theoretical opening of an Israeli embassy in Lebanon, 20.9% of respondents said they would support the move, 11.1% were neutral, and 66.6% opposed it. Only the Druze majority held a positive attitude toward the prospective embassy (70.1%), while 42.3% of Maronites and 31.9% of Orthodox Christians said the same.
Additionally, only 43% of respondents said they would support direct contact between Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Again, Druze (80.7%), Maronites (72.3%), and Orthodox Christians (69.5%) were more open to such direct communications, while 92.5% of Shi’ites and 54.4% of Sunnis were opposed.
Following Beirut’s decision to legislate an arms ban for non-state actors, the respondents were questioned on whether they supported disarming Hezbollah. A slight majority of 58% supported taking away Hezbollah’s military capabilities, while 34% were opposed.
A large majority of Shi’ites (88%) opposed Hezbollah’s disarmament, in addition to 70% of Sunni respondents. Conversely, 89% of Orthodox Christians, 87% of Maronites, and 77% of Druze said they agreed with the need to disarm the Iran-backed terror group.
Israel, Hezbollah share blame for war among Lebanese, poll shows
Asked who was to blame for the latest round of conflict, which saw Hezbollah break an existing ceasefire on March 2 and attack Israel in response to the assassination of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the blame seemed to be equally distributed, the respondents indicated. Around a third of respondents (32.9%) blamed Israel, while 32.8% blamed Hezbollah, and 12.1% said that everyone bears responsibility.
The Druze majority, at 61%, blamed Hezbollah, as did half of the Orthodox Christians, while 57.7% of Shi’ites blamed Israel without attributing any attributing blame to Hezbollah. 39.1% of Sunnis pointed the fault at Hezbollah, and 33% claimed Israel was to blame.
The majority polled did not seem to believe Israel’s return to war against Hezbollah had been due to the Iranian group’s attack on civilian communities; rather, 64.5% said they believed Israel's ambitions were to seize control over Lebanon’s oil, water, and other resources, and 54.7% said they believed Israel would have attacked Lebanon even if Hezbollah didn’t launch an aerial assault.