Most Britons back immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Israeli arms embargo: Poll
Al Jazeera
Right and left-wing voters want to see an end to Israel’s war on Gaza and many back a pause on arms sales.
London, United Kingdom – More than 70 percent of British people support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a new survey indicates as pressure rises on the government to adopt a firmer stance against Israel.
Among those who voted for the governing Conservative Party in 2019, 67 percent backed an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, according to the poll released on Friday and commissioned by Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU).
Eighty-six percent of Labour voters backed the call, while only 8 percent of respondents said there should not be a ceasefire.
The United Kingdom has refused to call for an immediate ceasefire.
In December, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock wrote in The Times, “We do not believe that calling right now for a general and immediate ceasefire, hoping it somehow becomes permanent, is the way forward.”
