A weekly poll for the Israeli newspaper "Maariv", the results of which were published today, Friday, showed that 59% of Israelis support a "humanitarian truce" in the Gaza Strip, the main condition of which is the return of prisoners and detainees, while 44% of respondents expressed their desire for Israel to remain in the Gaza Strip and reoccupy it.

According to the poll, 39% of the Israelis who participated in the survey required the return of all prisoners and detainees in order to agree to “humanitarian truces,” while 16% agreed to the return of at least part of them.

30% of Israelis opposed the ceasefire, without any relation to the issue of prisoners and detainees. On the other hand, only 3% called for a ceasefire without any conditions. 8% of respondents did not formulate a position on the issue.

The poll also showed that Israelis are divided in their opinion regarding the fate of the Gaza Strip after the war, assuming that Israel will be able to eliminate the Hamas movement, as 41% of them support leaving the Strip, while 33% stipulate that it be transferred to international control, and only 8% support transferring control. On Gaza to the Palestinian Authority.

On the other hand, 44% support Israel remaining in the Gaza Strip and regaining control over it (occupying it), of whom about 22% support security control only, while the other half, 22%, support that this also include the establishment of “civilian towns” (settlements) in Gaza.

Gantz overtakes Netanyahu as prime minister

In response to a question, which of the two is more suitable to head the Israeli government, Benjamin Netanyahu or Benny Gantz, head of the “Hamaneh Hamalakhti” party (the official camp), Netanyahu received a support rate of 26% compared to Gantz receiving 52%, and 22% said they did not know.

The division of participants in the poll shows that 53% of Likud supporters in the last elections believe that Netanyahu is the most suitable, compared to 24% for Gantz, while 23% said they do not know.

As for the supporters of “Hamaneh Hamalakhti” in the previous elections, only 2% believe that Netanyahu is the most suitable, while 98% believe that Gantz is more suitable to head the government, while 90% among the supporters of the “Yesh Atid” party answered that Gantz is the most suitable, compared to Only 1% supported Netanyahu and 9% answered, “I don’t know.”

The results of this week's poll indicate slight changes in the number of seats obtained by each party, with the exception of the "Meretz" party, which decreased by two seats, standing at only four seats.

The opposition parties together get 77 seats, one seat less than last week's poll, while the current ruling coalition gets 43 seats, one seat more than the last poll.

In response to a question about Israelis’ choices for representation in the Knesset if the elections were held today, the “HaMahaneh HaMelekhti” party won 40 seats (39 in the previous poll), Likud 18 seats, Yesh Atid 14 seats, and “Israel Our Home” 9 seats. Shas 9, United Torah Judaism 7, Otzma Yehudit 5, Front and Change 5, United 5, Meretz 4, and Religious Zionism 4, while the Labor Party does not pass the electoral threshold.

Source: Alaraby Al-Jadeed