UK poll shows majority support ban of arms sales to Israel

An opinion poll carried out in the United Kingdom showed the majority of voters back a ban on arms sales to Israel.

The poll, commissioned by nonprofit Action for Humanity and carried out before the recent airstrike in Gaza that killed seven aid workers — three of them British, is one of the first surveys of British public feeling over the conflict in Gaza.

It showed that 56 percent of respondents supported banning the sales of arms and spare parts to Israel. In addition, 59 percent of them thought Israel was violating human rights in the conflict.