LONDON: Israel has “work” to do in winning over young people in the West as polls show collapsing support, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted to a UK-based podcast in an interview aired Wednesday.
Protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza have become increasingly common in capitals across the West, attracting large numbers of young people.
A recent Gallup poll also showed only six percent of 18 to 34-year-olds in the United States had a favorable opinion of Netanyahu and just nine percent approved of Israel’s military action in Gaza.
On the “Triggernometry” podcast, Netanyahu was asked whether Israel could lose the backing of Western governments once “Gen Z” — those born between around 1997 and 2012 — assumes power.
“If you’re telling me that there’s work to be done on Gen Z and across the West, yes,” he responded.
