The shocking number of young people in Britain who sympathise and support Hamas has been unveiled as today marks 12 months since the October 7 massacre.
One in 10 of those aged 18 to 24 have a ”favourable view” of Hamas, the study found.
The latest data has raised concerns about extremism on college and university campuses.
It also found that 13 per cent of young people do not believe that media reports about the atrocities are “broadly true”.
The shocking number of young people in Britain who sympathise and support Hamas has been unveiled as today marks 12 months since the October 7 massacre (stock image)GettyLast week Sir Keir Starmer met the British relatives of some of the victims of the October 7 terror attack at Downing Street.
After reiterating his calls for a ceasefire, he said: “We must unequivocally stand with the Jewish community”.
He described the horror attack as “the darkest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust”, adding: “Over a thousand people were brutally murdered. Men, women, children and babies killed, mutilated, and tortured by the terrorists of Hamas.
“Jewish people murdered whilst protecting their families, young people massacred at a music festival, people abducted from their homes.
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“Agonising reports of rape, torture and brutality beyond comprehension which continued to emerge days and weeks later.
“As a father, a husband, a son, a brother – meeting the families of those who lost their loved ones last week was unimaginable. Their grief and pain are ours, and it is shared in homes across the land.”
Crowds gathered yesterday in Hyde Park to mark the anniversary and called for the release of the remaining hostages.
Pro-Palestine protests were conducted on Saturday with many shouting offensive chants, while others held banners endorsing terror groups.
Photographs of some of those taken hostage by Hamas during their recent attacksGETTY
In response to the latest findings by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), Robert Jenrick wrote in the Daily Mail: “Our country has become unrecognisable from the liberal, tolerant nation we like to pride ourselves on.
“It’s time we stood up and showed a backbone. The longer weak politicians such as Sir Keir Starmer maintain a conspiracy of silence over Islamism, the more fractured our society will become.”
A CAA spokesman said: “Extremism is becoming normalised in our country.”
A Government spokesman said: “Anti-Semitism has absolutely no place in our society. We must not shy away from naming it wherever it rears its head in this country and we are taking strong action to tackle it in all its forms.”