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   From: void@invalid.noy   
      
   A majority of Britain’s young people do not believe Israel should   
   exist, a new UnHerd poll has revealed.   
      
   A preliminary finding of an exclusive survey of 1,012 voters about   
   foreign policy, conducted by Focaldata and due to be released tomorrow   
   on UnHerd, found that a striking 54% of 18-24-year-olds agreed with   
   the statement that “the state of Israel should not exist.” Just 21%   
   disagreed.   
      
   This finding dovetails with other UnHerd polling on the same issue. In   
   a separate question, young respondents were asked who was more to   
   blame for the war in Gaza. Half blamed the Israeli government, while a   
   quarter answered Hamas. Only 19% responded “all equally”.   
      
   The war’s high degree of exposure online and on social media appears   
   to have fuelled interest among Britain’s young. An AI-generated “all   
   eyes on Rafah” graphic was shared more than 44 million times on   
   Instagram recently, with pro-Palestine content also proliferating on   
   TikTok. Critics have argued that the Chinese social media platform has   
   deliberately promoted anti-Israel content, which TikTok has denied,   
   citing the existing attitudes of its young user base.   
      
   These attitudes are reflected in further UnHerd polling, which asked   
   young Britons about their level of interest in wars around the world.   
   It found that Britons aged 18-24 are far more interested in the war in   
   Gaza than they are in the Russia-Ukraine conflict or in US-China   
   tensions. Among this group, 38% were very interested in Gaza and 28%   
   were somewhat interested, compared with 19% and 44% who were very or   
   somewhat interested in the war in Ukraine, respectively.   
      
   As the Israeli war enters its eighth month, public opinion has slowly   
   shifted in Palestine’s favour. Historic polling shows that popular   
   support for Israel was at its highest shortly after the 7 October   
   attacks at 21%, but this figure has since fallen. Although young   
   people were most sceptical of Israel before the attack, the overall   
   level of support for the Jewish state over the same time frame has   
   plummeted to 16%, according to YouGov figures.   
      
   As of this week, a new ceasefire proposal is on the table, and the US   
   is pushing Israel to accept it. The deal would involve the exchange of   
   prisoners for hostages and would pave the way for negotiations. A   
   ceasefire has strong majority support in the UK.   
      
   https://unherd.com/newsroom/majority-of-young-britons-think-isra   
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