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Q. To what extent, if at all, do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
| Total agree | Total disagree | Total Neither/ Don’t know | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | |
| Australia should support the Israelis rather than Palestinians | 14% | 23% | 62% | 6% | 8% | 33% | 12% | 11% | 29% |
| Being critical of Israel makes a person anti- Semitic | 10% | 46% | 45% | 4% | 6% | 23% | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| The Palestine- Israel conflict fuels anti- Semitism in Australia | 27% | 24% | 49% | 5% | 22% | 24% | 17% | 7% | 25% |
| The Palestine- Israel conflict fuels anti-Muslim feelings in Australia | 31% | 21% | 48% | 7% | 24% | 24% | 16% | 5% | 24% |
The most common answers to these statements on the Israel/Palestine conflict were ”neither agree nor disagree” and “don’t know”. These results indicate both a low level of awareness/interest and an inclination not to take a position one way or the other. The finding that only 14% agree that Australia should support the Israelis rather than Palestinians underlines this reluctance to take sides on this issue.
Views on most statements were split – except for 46% disagreement that “Being critical of Israel makes a person anti-Semitic”.
Respondents were slightly more likely to think the Israel/Palestine conflict fuels anti-Muslim feeling that anti-Semitism.