A new YouGov poll has revealed that one in twenty Britons support expelling Jews from the Middle East and among Brits who sympathise with the Palestinian cause, 11 per cent supported expelling Jews from the region.
The poll also indicated that the majority of Brits favour a two-state solution but harbour mixed sympathies towards both sides.
Conducted between 15 March and 19 March, YouGov questioned a sample of over four thousand UK adults for the survey and found that 15 per cent of Britons sympathised more with the Israeli side than the Palestinian and 29 per cent sympathised more with the Palestinian side.
The poll revealed that one in twenty Britons thought the Hamas attack on October 7 was justified – this went up to 14 per cent when the pro-Palestinian side was isolated.
A quarter (24 per cent) of Brits said that Israel’s attack on Gaza was justified but nearly double (46 per cent) said it was not justified.
The survey results indicate that both Hamas and the Israeli government are unpopular among the British public.
YouGov poll reveals support for Hamas among British public (Photo: YouGov)
11 per cent of Brits who support the Palestinian side had a favourable view of Hamas and 3 per cent had a “very” favourable view. By contrast, 77 per cent of the pro-Palestinian side said they had an unfavourable view of the terror group, compared with 70 per cent of all Brits. 4 per cent of all Brits said they felt favourably towards the group.
When asked about the Israeli government, 15 per cent of Brits approved but just 3 per cent said they felt “very” favourably towards the Knesset.
Among the pro-Israel Britons, 71 per cent had a favourable view of the Israeli government, and 87 per cent said Israel’s attack on Gaza was justified.
A quarter (24 per cent) of the pro-Israel group supported expelling the Palestinians from the region as a way of resolving the conflict, compared with 5% of all Brits.
66 per cent of the pro-Israel group supported a two-state solution, compared with 64 per cent of all Britons and 83 per cent of the pro-Palestinian faction.
44 per cent of the pro-Palestinian side said that had “at least some sympathy for the Israeli side”, but 51 per cent said they had no sympathy for the Israeli side. 53 per cent of all Brits said they felt some sympathy for the Israelis.
