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Britons loathe Israel more than Iran, survey finds
Only North Korea is regarded more ‘especially unfavorably’, study shows; compilers note poll was taken in August, at height of war with Hamas
By Times of Israel staff January 30, 2015, 6:16 pm 50
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Britons feel more “unfavorable” to Israel than any other country worldwide except North Korea, a survey found.
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The survey — taken in August and published Thursday by Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs — showed a massive surge in negative attitudes toward Israel since the previous such study, two years earlier. Thirty-five percent of Britons said they “feel especially unfavorable towards” Israel in the 2014 survey, compared to 17% in 2012.
That figure meant that Israel is regarded more unfavorably by Britons than Iran — 33% in the 2014 survey, compared to 45% in 2012. Only North Korea fares worse — regarded as especially unfavorable by 47% in 2014, compared to 40% in 2012.
Commenting on the dramatic rise in hostile attitudes to Israel, the compilers noted that, “The survey was conducted in August 2014 at a time when … Israel was engaged in a military operation in Gaza against Hamas that caused large numbers of civilian casualties.”
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In a section summing up Britons’ attitudes to nations outside Europe, the authors noted that “North Korea is viewed most unfavorably (47%), followed by Israel (35%). The number of those viewing Israel unfavorably has increased by 18 points since 2012, presumably in response to the controversial military campaign in Gaza and the civilian casualties it caused, which were prominent in the news at the time the survey was conducted. Iran (33%) is the third most unfavorably viewed country, though its rating is down by 12 points compared with 2012. Pakistan (28%) and Nigeria (21%) complete the top five.
The Chatham House study — entitled “Internationalism or Isolationism? British Attitudes Towards the UK’s International Priorities” – was based on a YouGov poll in August which questioned a representative sample of 2,059 adults.
Britain will be holding general elections in May. Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron was broadly supportive of Israel during the summer conflict. Opposition Labor leader Ed Miliband was far more critical.
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Funny that this comes out now... Just about this time last week I got into a youtube comment argument with some fools who denied that Britain has a problem with antisemitism. But these kinds of polls just demonstrate how efficient the Jew haters are in getting their propaganda out to the already Jew-unfriendly britons.
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Britain is going down the drain anyway, with the help of the politicians and the police.
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Britain is going down the drain anyway, with the help of the politicians and the police.
thats true. israel does not have to worry about britain. there aren't any brits killing jews. its the muslims.
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It would be interesting to know how many of the poll responders were part of Britain's large Muslim community. It would be also interesting to break the poll down into responses from white British born Britons and Muslims.
The anti-Semitic propaganda on the BBC that Summer was terrible, even worse than usual, so this does not surprise me.
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The British deserve all of their muslims, I hope the muslims destroy that country (specifically the English).