68% of Germans oppose military support for Israel: survey
BERLIN (AA) – Some 68% of Germans oppose military support for Israel, should the war spread to Lebanon or Iran, according to an opinion poll released by public broadcaster ARD.
Compared to a survey from March, criticism of the military actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the Middle East is growing among the Germans.
Some 57% of those questioned said Israel’s military response to the Hamas attacks on October 7 has now gone too far. That is an increase of seven percentage points.
The number of respondents who consider military action in the Gaza Strip to be appropriate dropped by seven percentage points to merely 21%. Only 4% think it did not go far enough.
According to six out of 10 Germans (61%), Israel is completely or somewhat responsible for the situation in Gaza.
Germany has been a staunch supporter of Israel for decades as a result of its Nazi past. The European country is a significant arms supplier to Israel, with a substantial contribution of €326.5 million ($353.70 million) worth of military equipment and weapons in the past year alone.
The Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip has killed nearly 39,700 people since October last year, most of them minors, children and women.
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