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Study Finds British Jews More Likely to Identify as Zionist Since 7 October Attacks

A JPR study says British Jews have become more likely to identify as Zionist and feel attached to Israel since the 7 October attacks, while Jewish Green voters report weaker attachment and less concern about UK antisemitism.

AI News Feed · 2026-10-05 17:15

The study, 'October 8 Jews: The Impact of October 7 on British Jewish Identity', by Dr David Graham, found that the percentage of British Jews who identified as Zionist rose seven points to 66% between 2022 and 2025. The percentage who felt 'very emotionally attached to Israel' rose to 51% in June 2025, up 13 points from before the Israel-Gaza war. Those who felt supporting Israel was 'very important' to their Jewish identity rose 10 points to 45%.

The report identified one group moving in the opposite direction: Jewish people who vote for the Green party. The research was compiled before a motion stating 'Zionism is racism' was voted on at the Green party conference that weekend. Previous JPR research found up to one in five British Jews were backing the Green party by June last year.

Between 2023 and 2024, the percentage of Jewish Greens who felt 'very emotionally attached to Israel' fell one point to 7%, while the percentage who felt supporting Israel was 'very important' to Jewish identity fell eight points to 3%. Jewish Greens were least likely to see antisemitism as a 'very big problem in the UK', with the percentage declining seven points to 7% in the same period. Between 2022 and 2024, the percentage of Greens who identify as Zionist fell three points to 14%.

The JPR director, Jonathan Boyd, said Jewish Greens tended to be secular. 'If your social framework is much more open, you’re more likely to be shaped by the conversation in wider society,' he said.

Jewish Greens were least likely to say they would migrate to Israel in the next five years, with a mean score of 0.2 on a scale of zero to 10, declining from 0.7 between 2022 and 2024. In the wider community, the score was 1.99, rising from 1.38 before 7 October, with Haredi Orthodox Jews and 50- to 59-year-olds the most likely. Sixteen- to 29-year-olds were also less likely to say Israel was 'very important' to their identity, with the percentage falling by one point to 27% in 2024. Boyd said their experience of Israel had been 'much more about Gaza and Hamas' than their parents’ generation.

Boyd said the growth in British Jewish attachment to Israel was 'directly associated with concern about antisemitism in Britain' as well as 'associations with Israel as a Jewish homeland'. He said the UK government had been 'very supportive on a security level' to British Jews, but needed to show more commitment to bridging Israeli-Palestinian differences and an understanding of how policy could affect UK levels of antisemitism.

He added that unless tougher rhetoric on Israel was balanced with a willingness to tell society 'we understand why [Israel] is so important to Jews', it risked 'pushing Israelis rightwards and British Jews away'. Boyd said: 'Israel represents security to many Jews. When there’s a sense that Israel is more insecure, it is unsettling for Jews’ sense of safety, and they are likely to rally to its side. Seventy per cent of British Jews have close friends and family there, those connections are very real and mean British Jews were impacted by the 7 October attacks.'

Boyd said he expected the growth in the UK Orthodox community, which has higher birthrates than secular Jews, was likely to deepen attachment to Israel over time because of the strength of Orthodox culture in Israel, even though many Haredi Orthodox Jews do not identify with secular political Zionism.

The research used a sample of 2,500 people from the 315,000-strong British Jewish community and tracked opinion across the spectrum of Jewish religious and political affiliation apart from Reform UK supporters, because the tracking period predated the party’s rise. Conservative voters led the growth towards pro-Israel and Zionist sentiment and were most likely to be concerned about antisemitism.

The research period predated the Manchester synagogue attack, the first anniversary of which was this month, the Iran war, and new trade sanctions. The report comes after previous JPR research showed British-Jewish support for a two-state solution dropping to 49%, the lowest level since records began.

Editor's Summary

The JPR study found that British Jews are more likely to identify as Zionist and feel attached to Israel since the 7 October attacks, with concern about UK antisemitism also rising. Jewish Green voters moved in the opposite direction, a split that appears against the backdrop of the Green party’s debate over a motion calling Zionism racism. The findings add to evidence of shifting British Jewish political and religious alignments, with Conservative voters leading pro-Israel sentiment and previous JPR data showing support for a two-state solution at a record low.