The results of the survey carried out by Invymark for laSexta reveal that the 50.1% of Spaniards consider the genocide the Israeli response to the Hamas attack. The remaining 49.9% reject the use of this term to describe Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip.
Polarization becomes more evident depending on which political party respondents vote for. 90% of PSOE and Sumar supporters say Netanyahu is a genocide, while the same proportion of PP and Vox supporters reject this idea.
This study was commissioned to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, which resulted in the death of 1,189 people and the kidnapping of 251. Likewise, this aggression triggered an unprecedented response in Gaza, during which nearly 42,000 Palestinians.
Far from ending, the conflict raised the temperature after Hezbollah launched nearly 200 missiles against Israel on October 1, which ended with the invasion of Lebanon by the Israeli army and the bombing of the capital, Beirut.