Respondents were asked whether they supported or opposed transferring control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority on the “day after” the war; 19% supported this, while 54% opposed it.

An Israeli public opinion poll, published on Monday evening, showed that the “National Camp” bloc, headed by “War Cabinet” member Benny Gantz, would obtain 37 seats, while the number of seats for the Likud Party led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would decrease to 18 seats if it were conducted. Today's elections, while the far-right Religious Zionism Party, headed by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, does not exceed the electoral threshold.

According to the poll published by the Israeli Channel 12, the number of seats in the “Yesh Atid” party led by Yair Lapid reaches 15 seats, and “Shas” led by Aryeh Deri gets 11 seats, while “Yisrael Beytenu” led by Avigdor Lieberman gets 9 seats.

The "Otzma Yehudit" party, headed by extremist Itamar Ben Gvir, won 8 seats, while the "United Torah Judaism" bloc won 7 seats.

According to the poll, the Arab Front for Change coalition, the United List, and Meretz each get 5 seats.

The Religious Zionism, National Democratic Rally and Labor parties do not exceed the electoral threshold. The assembly receives a percentage of 1.9; Note that the poll includes a small sample of Arabs.

If elections were held for the Knesset now, the opposition parties, including the “National Camp,” along with the Arab parties, would obtain 76 seats, compared to 44 seats for the current coalition parties.

Who is most suitable to head the government?

Regarding the question of who is more suitable to head the government between Netanyahu and Gantz, 45% of respondents believed that Gantz is more suitable for that, while 27% saw that Netanyahu is more suitable for the position.

22% of the total sample answered that neither of them is fit to head the government, while 6% answered, “I don’t know.”

The poll showed that former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also outperforms Netanyahu, as he received 33%, compared to 29% for Netanyahu, while 32% believed that neither of them is fit to head the government, and 6% answered, “I don’t know.”

Should the date of the Knesset elections be brought forward?

The respondents were asked whether the date of the next Knesset elections should be brought forward or not, and a majority of the public (57%) believes that the date of the elections should be brought forward, and they answered “yes.”

Among Netanyahu camp voters, 32% believe that the date of the Knesset elections should be brought forward, compared to 59% who believe that the date of the Knesset elections should not be brought forward.

Among the voters of the camp opposing Netanyahu, 82% believe that the date of the Knesset elections should be brought forward, compared to 13% who believe that it should not be brought forward.

Palestinian Authority control of Gaza?

Respondents were also asked whether they supported or opposed transferring control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority on the “day after” the war; 19% supported this, while 54% opposed it, while 27% answered, “I don’t know.”

According to the poll, among those who identify themselves as right-wing, 9% support transferring power in Gaza to the Palestinian Authority, compared to 73% who oppose that.

When people who consider themselves to be in the so-called “center-left” were asked the same question, 34% supported the Palestinian Authority assuming power in Gaza, while 27% opposed it.

The survey was conducted on a sample of 504 people, with a maximum error rate of +4.4%. The survey was also conducted online and by telephone by Mano Geva.

Source: Arab48