Majority of Ukrainians sympathize with Israel, not Palestine in its conflict with Hamas - poll
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A KIIS poll shows that 69% of Ukrainians sympathize with Israel in its conflict with Hamas, while only 1% support Palestine. Support for Israel is consistent across all regions of Ukraine.
69 percent of Ukrainians expressed support for Israel, which is at war with the Hamas group, not Palestine. This is stated in a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, UNN reports.
Details
In November-December, KIIS conducted a survey "Whom do Ukrainians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict". It turned out that the vast majority of Ukrainians, namely 69%, sympathize with Israel. And only 1% sympathize with Palestine. At the same time, 18% of respondents said that they equally sympathetic to both sides. The remaining 12% could not decide on their opinion. their opinion.
Support for Israel is stable in all regions of the country and ranges from 57% in the eastern regions to 72% in the central regions. Palestine is sympathetic to 1% of respondents in the central, western and southern regions, and 4% in the eastern regions.
Context
KIIS used a wording similar to the one used in the question similar to the one asked to residents of the United States and the United Kingdom, which also monitor public sentiment after the Hamas attack on Israel. This way sociologists can compare the results of the surveys. KIIS shows that Ukrainians were more pro-Israel than the British and Americans.
Ukrainians now feel solidarity with Israel after the inhumane attack on October 7 and understand the feelings of the Israeli society after the horrific terrorist attacks
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