British attitudes towards Israel at war:

We consider several issues, including: - the levels of sympathy for the Palestinian and Israeli sides that existed prior to the war and subsequently; - whether the British public thinks that the UK should be more supportive or critical of Israel; - how the British public feels that the police are managing public demonstrations at this time, and whether they should be making more arrests, particula. [...] While the general trends shown in the previous chart are reflected across different age bands, by the time of the November 7-8 survey, we can see that 18-24-year-olds were much more likely to sympathise with the Palestinians than with the Israelis (by 46% to 9%), whereas those aged 65+ were the opposite, with 30% showing sympathy for the Israeli side compared to 10% for the Palestinian side. [...] Whereas sympathy for the Israeli side is found to be at a similar level across the country (in the range of 17%-20% according to YouGov data from November 7-8), sympathy for the Palestinian side in the same study was found to be at 34% among Londoners, compared to 19%-22% among those living in the North, Midlands and the rest of the South of England (not shown). [...] The fears are driven in large part by several factors: the scale and barbarity of the October 7 attacks; the close social and familial ties most UK Jews have with Israelis; the dramatic spike in antisemitic incidents that have occurred in the UK in the aftermath; the pro- Palestinian demonstrations that appear to tolerate antisemitic and hate speech; and some of the media reporting about the war w. [...] One of the most fundamental principles of Zionism is that the State of Israel constitutes the home of the Jewish People – the one place Jews will be guaranteed sanctuary in the face of persecution elsewhere.