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The silent majority speaks Exclusive poll of 6,000 Brits revea
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• 60% don’t take a side in Israel-Gaza conflict 63% hold a negative view of Hamas • ‘67% want disruptive protests to be banned •• 12% have positive view of Israeli governme nt
by Daniel Sugarman daniel@jewishnews.co.uk @xxxxx
General polling of the British public during the Israel-Gaza war has found that contrary to what those most emotionally impacted may feel, the majority of the UK population – 60% - do not take a specific side in
the bitter conflict. However, the population as a whole, 26% symon both sides”, that “both sides are polling also shows that patience Palestinians believed that 51% of pathise more with the Palestinians as bad as each other”, or that “the with disruptive protest is wearthe general public sympathised while 14% sympathise with Israel. conflict is too complex”. ing thin, with two thirds of more with the Palestinians and By comparison, in October 2023 However, the polling found 19% people now feeling some demwith Israel, while those who that figure showed 18% favouring that both those who are pro-Israel onstrations are so troublesome sympathised more with Israelis the Palestinians more, compared and pro-Palestinian significantly that they should not be allowed. believed that 38% of the general to 16% support for the Israelis. inflate the percentages of the genRepresentative polling conpopulation sympathised more with In general, of the 60% who don’t eral population whom they feel Israel, ducted by More in Common of and 31% with the Palestintake a specific side in the conflict, are actively engaged in supporting more than 6,000 people in early ians. More in Common suggested the most prominent feelings were either side in the conflict. Those November found that of the UK the possibility “that people over that “there are good and bad people who sympathised more with the Continued on page 3
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