One in 20 Britons wants Jews expelled from Middle East

A NEW YouGov poll has revealed that one in 20 Britons supports expelling Jews from the Middle East, and among those who sympathise with the Palestinian cause, 11 per cent support 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 and 19 March, YouGov questioned more than 4,000 UK adults for the survey and found that nearly twice as many sympathised more with the Palestinians (29 per cent) than those who sympathised more with the Israelis (15 per cent).

The poll revealed that one in 20 Britons thought the Hamas attack on October 7 was justified — this went up to 14 per cent if only the pro-Palestinian supporters were counted.

Nearly a quarter (24 per cent) said that Israel’s attack on Gaza was justified but nearly double that figure (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.

Eleven per cent of Britons who support the Palestinian side had a favourable view of Hamas and three 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. Four per cent of all Britons 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 it.

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.

Nearly 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 five per cent of all Britons.

Of the pro-Israel group, 66 per cent supported a two-state solution, compared with 64 per cent of all Britons, and 83 per cent of the pro-Palestinian faction.

Of those on the pro-Palestinian side, 44 per cent had “at least some sympathy for the Israeli side”, but 51 per cent had no sympathy for the Israeli side. Overall, 53 per cent of Brits felt some sympathy for the Israelis.