According to the poll, there is no difference between voters of the various Zionist parties regarding their support for postponing the invasion, and it is likely that their high percentage is due to developments in the issue of Israeli prisoners and hostages in Gaza.

A public opinion poll in Israel, published by the Maariv newspaper today, Friday, showed that 49% support the Israeli government postponing a decision regarding launching a large-scale ground invasion in the Gaza Strip.

29% believed that such a decision should not be delayed and an invasion should be launched immediately, noting that this percentage was 65% in the poll published by the same newspaper last Friday.

The newspaper reported today that regarding postponing the decision on the invasion, there is no difference in opinions about it between supporters of the various Zionist parties in the coalition or the opposition. The newspaper attributed this change to developments regarding the issue of Israeli prisoners and hostages held in Gaza and the release of four hostages so far.

The poll also showed that the effect of joining the “National Camp” bloc, headed by Benny Gantz, had dissipated slightly, and if elections were held now, this bloc would obtain 36 seats in the Knesset, after obtaining 40 and 41 seats in the previous two weeks’ polls. It appears that voters who refrained from voting for this bloc gave their votes to the Yesh Atid and Yisrael Beytenu parties, and the Likud Party's representation increased by one seat.

If elections were held for the Knesset now, the results would be as follows: “National Camp” 36 seats; Likud 19 seats; Yesh Atid: 17 seats; Yisrael Beytenu: 8 seats; Chas 8 seats; “United Torah Judaism” 7 seats; Meretz 6 seats; Arab Front for Change: 5 seats; Religious Zionism 5 seats; The unified list has 5 seats; Otzma Yehudit has 4 seats and is close to the electoral threshold.

According to these results, the representation of the current opposition parties, with the “National Camp,” will be 77 seats, compared to 43 seats for the current coalition parties.

49% said that Gantz is most suitable to assume the position of prime minister, while 28% considered Netanyahu the most suitable. Support for Netanyahu as prime minister is also declining within Likud, as 57% said he is most suitable for the position.

Source: Arab 48