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I find this plot over time of US sympathy for Israel rather fascinating, especially when broken down by US party.

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One has to wonder how much of that is explained by "conflict extension" in recent times, but that's not the topic of my question.

What I'd like to know: is there a country in Europe where a party's supporters express a similar level of sympathy toward Israel as the GOP's nowadays?

I was able to find a 2014 poll (but not a graph over time) for the UK, which does find some fairly significant differences across parties, but the pro-Israeli sentiment on the UK right doesn't rise anywhere near the US levels...

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I cannot find any stats for Germany (but per comments and answers below pointing to right-wing populist parties) a news search has revealed that the AfD has joined the Free Democratic Party in a Bundestag effort to have Germany retract its support for UN resolutions condemning Israel. (See also the interesting story of Henryk M. Broder .)

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    I'm not sure if you're aware of the fact that the Jewish voting bloc in the US is overwhelmingly Democratic. It's mainly because US Jews have tended to be liberal-ish in outlook over the years, and traditions die hard. There is a tension building now as the Democratic party moves farther and farther from support of Israel. At some point something's gonna give and the Dems are going to lose their Jewish vote lock.
    – user30014
    Commented Feb 3, 2020 at 0:37
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    @JohnK I think you’re vastly overestimating how many Jews are willing to tolerate anti-semitism in exchange for deference to the government of Israel. There are certainly a number of Jews for whom this is a key issue, but it’s important to keep clear that the real audience for right-wing "support for Israel” has always been evangelical Christians.
    – divibisan
    Commented Feb 3, 2020 at 1:49
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    Tolerate anti-semetism? What?
    – user30014
    Commented Feb 3, 2020 at 2:06
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    One could argue that there are parties where anti-semitism thrives together with pro-israel sentiments. Reason being that as much as the typical European far-right populist dislikes Jews, he hates Arabs even more.
    – Guran
    Commented Feb 3, 2020 at 5:57
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    My guess would be far-right populist parties. I don’t have any data to back this up though.
    – Golden Cuy
    Commented Feb 3, 2020 at 10:31

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