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BREAKING-USA: Pew poll: 44% of Muslim Americans view Hamas favorably. Muslim respondents were also less likely than members of the other groups to hold favorable views of Israelis.

The poll, published Thursday, found that 17 percent of Black Protestants viewed the Palestinian jihadist group favorably, compared with 8 percent of Catholics and 4 percent of White evangelical Protestants.

Muslim respondents were also less likely than members of the other groups to hold favorable views of Israelis. Twenty-six percent said they viewed the Israeli people positively, compared with 74 percent of White evangelical Protestants, 55 percent of Black Protestants and 51 percent of Catholics.

IRAN: The Iranian newspaper "Hamshahri" published a list of potential targets for retaliation by the Islamic Republic.