An Israeli public opinion poll showed an increase in the popularity of War Council Minister Benny Gantz and his “National Unity” party, as it concluded that only 32 percent of Israelis believe that Benjamin Netanyahu is most suitable to head the government.

The Hebrew newspaper “Maariv” reported in the results of a poll published on Friday that “only 32 percent of Israelis believe that Netanyahu is most suitable to head the government, compared to 52 percent who said that Minister in the War Council, Benny Gantz, is most suitable for the position.”

The newspaper described the Israeli political map for this week, according to the poll, as “similar” to what it was last week, as a similar poll showed that “31 percent of Israelis believe that Netanyahu is most suitable to head the government, compared to 50 percent who preferred Gantz.”

The survey was conducted by the “Lazar” Institute (private) on a random sample of 513 Israelis, and the margin of error was 4.3 percent.

The poll revealed that if the Israeli elections were held today, the National Unity Party would obtain 40 seats in the Israeli Knesset, compared to the 12 seats it currently holds.

As for the “Likud” party, it will get 16 seats, compared to the 32 it currently has in the Knesset, while the “There is a Future” party, headed by the opposition leader, Yair Lapid, will get 13 seats, compared to the current 24 seats out of the 120 seats in the Knesset, according to the poll.

Maariv said that if the elections were held today, “the parties opposing Netanyahu’s presidency of the government would obtain 71 seats, while the parties supporting him would obtain 44 seats.”