Norway, Ireland, Spain and Slovenia have all recognized Palestine as a state in recent weeks. According to a survey, quite a few people believe that Germany should do the same.
Two out of five Germans are in favor of recognizing Palestine as a state. This is the result of a representative survey by the YouGov opinion research institute. According to the survey, 40 percent of respondents said that Germany should recognize Palestine as a state. 27 percent were against it, and 33 percent did not give an answer.
In recent weeks, Norway, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have decided to recognise Palestine as a state, which has sparked strong protests from Israel. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), however, declared two weeks ago that the German government is currently not planning to recognise Palestine as an independent state.
Against the backdrop of the military offensive in the border town of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, around half (51 percent) of those surveyed would support the EU imposing economic sanctions on Israel, according to the survey. Meanwhile, 26 percent expressed a completely or somewhat negative attitude towards such sanctions. The background to the question is the International Court of Justice’s call for Israel to immediately end the offensive in Rafah. Many Palestinians had fled to the border town with Egypt to escape the war.
YouGov surveyed 2,295 people eligible to vote in Germany for the representative survey. The survey took place between May 31 and June 5.
YouGov survey
Source: Stern
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