The survey, commissioned by Action for Humanity and conducted by the YouGov pollster, found that more than half of Britons across the political spectrum believe that Israel’s actions in the onslaught on Gaza constitute war crimes, Al Jazeera reports.
The figure comes up to three in five among supporters of the Labour Party, which currently holds power in the United Kingdom, the poll found.
Some 76 per cent of Labour voters also continue to back an end to arms transfers to Israel, it showed. Meanwhile, the total number of Britons that would oppose a ban is lower than one in five, compared with three in five that would support one.
“The majority of people rightly feel the government are not doing enough to stop war crimes from happening. The overwhelming majority of the public demands that the UK government immediately cease all arms transfers to Israel, not just 10 per cent, and take all actions to bring about a sustainable ceasefire,” said Charles Lawley, the director of communications and advocacy at Action for Humanity.
“We believe that, unless the UK government stops ignoring the public, they will at best be impotent in the atrocities being committed in Gaza and Lebanon [and] at worst be complicit in them,” he added.
