Only 13% of respondents want continuation of arms sales to Israel, just 8% oppose ceasefire
\n London
\nMost British voters support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and ending arms sales to Israel for the duration of the conflict, according to a new poll.
\nCommissioned by the Council for Arab-British Understanding and Medical Aid for Palestinians, the YouGov survey reinforces the results of polls conducted earlier in the year.
\nIt found that 55 percent of voters support ending arms sales to Israel for as long as the war in Gaza continues, and 73 percent support an immediate ceasefire.
\nAmong people who voted for the governing Conservative Party in 2019, 40 percent support the suspension of arms sales, with 24 percent opposed.
\nAmong Labour Party voters, 74 percent support an arms sales suspension, with 7 percent opposed.
\nOnly 13 percent of all respondents want a continuation of arms sales to Israel.
\n\u201cSeven months of Israel\u2019s indiscriminate bombardment and siege have wrought the worst humanitarian crisis ever seen in Gaza,\u201d said Rohan Talbot, MAP\u2019s director of advocacy and campaigns.
\n\u201cIn recent days, Israeli forces\u2019 escalating attacks on Rafah and the north have further displaced hundreds of thousands more people, many of them for the second or third time, and pushed humanitarian operations to the brink of total collapse.
\n\u201cThe feeling among the British public reaffirms the demands of humanitarians: UK leaders must do more to end the killing in Gaza, including halting arms sales so they cannot be used in further violations of international law.\u201d
\nThe statement for a ceasefire in Gaza is supported by 67 percent of Conservative voters and 86 percent of Labour voters.
\nJust 8 percent of all respondents said there should not be a ceasefire.
\nBoth the government and opposition recorded low public approval in the YouGov poll. Only 18 percent of respondents approve of the government\u2019s response to the war, while just 12 percent agree with the Labour response.
\n\u201cWhat this and earlier polls continue to demonstrate is that the government and the Labour leadership continue to lag sluggishly behind British public opinion by failing to take the decisive actions needed to help bring the horrors we see in Gaza to a swift end \u2014 a trend also highlighted in polls across Europe,\u201d said Chris Doyle, CAABU\u2019s director.
\n\u201cThere is little confidence in the leadership of both the main parties in the handling of this major international crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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