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Polling shows more Britons now ‘anti-Israel’ than ‘pro’

According to polling conducted by YouGov, considerably more Britons consider themselves to be ‘anti-Israel’ than ‘pro-Israel’. It follows two years of Israel conducting a genocide which consecutive UK governments supported:

Shifting opinions on Israel

The polling was conducted by YouGov between 25-26 November and released to their website on 4 December. As YouGov report:

Public attitudes to Israel are less one-sided than opinion on Russia. One in three Britons (34%) describe themselves as typically anti-Israel, outnumbering the one in seven (14%) who identify as pro-Israel. A further 36% do not align themselves with either view, while 16% are unsure how they’d describe their position.

YouGov also polled opinion on the ‘only democracy in the world‘ in relation to political support:

YouGov polling on whether people are pro or anti israel

This included Your Party:

Polling as to whether potential Your Party supporters would consider themselves pro or anti Israel

In another set of questions, YouGov asked for people’s opinion on how each party relates to the genocidal state:

How voters think of political parties in relation to whehter they're anti or pro Israel

They additionally asked how each party’s supporters viewed the parties they do not support, noting:

Perception of Labour’s position varies significantly between voters, which is far less the case for other parties. Reform UK and Conservative voters, the most likely to be pro-Israel, are more likely to see Labour as anti-Israel (36-48%) than pro-Israel (17-18%).

By contrast, Green voters, who are more likely to be anti-Israel, are three times more likely to perceive Labour as being pro-Israel (46%) than anti-Israel (15%).

Labour and Lib Dem voters are also more likely to see Labour as sympathetic to Israel (26-31%) than opposed to it (11-15%), though with the highest proportions seeing the party as being neither pro- nor anti- (23-24%).

Another point they picked out is that Labour’s stance is confusing voters more than any other party:

YouGov notes:

Those who describe themselves as anti-Israel are roughly three times more likely to see Labour as a pro-Israel party (47%) than an anti-Israel one (15%). By contrast, 63% of those who identify as pro-Israel believe Labour’s position is anti-Israel, roughly four times the 15% who feel Labour shares their view.

Poll showing that Labour's position on Isn'trael negatively correlates with people's own positions

Featured image via LFI

By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.