Anti-war movement stirs in Israel After months of surging speculation about a possible strike against Iran, Israel is seeing the first stirrings of a domestic anti-war movement. About 1,000 protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night, urging the government not to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. They chanted anti-war slogans, and waved posters with messages such as "Talk, Don't Bomb." Demonstrators said they were afraid an attack on Iran could unleash a broader war with devastating consequences. "I don't think we should attack Iran," said Dalia Kraid, a protester. "If we strike, instead of preventing a nuclear war we might start one," she added. Ifat Zvirin, another demonstrator, said: "We are afraid, like most of the people in the country who are against a war with Iran. We want all the Middle East to become a nuclear weapon-free zone, and that includes Israel. The Tel Aviv demonstration was small even by the standards of Israel's much-diminished peace movement. However, as several protesters were quick to point out, the marchers appeared to be echoing widely-held concerns. Recent opinion polls have shown that, despite the overwhelming concern over Iran's nuclear programme, only a minority of Israelis are in favour of an attack. According to a survey published earlier this month by Dahaf, an Israeli polling institute, only 19 per cent of Israelis support a unilateral strike on Iran. The poll found that more than a third of respondents were against a strike under any circumstances, while 42 per cent said they would back a strike only as long as it was supported by the US. The demonstrators also took heart from the success of an Israeli Facebook campaign against war with Iran launched earlier this month. Set up by a couple from Tel Aviv, the "Israel-Loves-Iran" Facebook group has attracted more than 37,000 supporters in less than two weeks, and has been the subject of intense media attention both in Israel and abroad. Its slogan ("Iranians, we will never bomb you - we love you") was picked up by several of Saturday's Tel Aviv demonstrators. Ronnie Edri, one of the creators of the Facebook page, has also posted an anti-war video on YouTube, drawing close to 400,000 views in the past week alone. In the video, Mr Edri makes a direct appeal to the Iranian people, saying: "I am not afraid of you. I don't hate you. I don't even know you ... If you see someone on your TV talking about bombing you, be sure he does not represent all the people of Israel. According to Israeli analysts, the protests are at this stage unlikely to have an impact on the government. But Shlomo Avineri, a professor of political sciences of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, said they were indicative of a broader mood: "The threat and the language of threat have created fear in the country. I guess most people don't want an attack - but most people also don't know how to deal with [the Iranian threat].