An Israeli public opinion poll conducted by the Maariv newspaper yesterday (Thursday) showed that if the Israeli general elections were held now, each of the party camp lists supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would obtain 42 seats (one seat less than the number of seats it obtained in the poll). The week before last), while the lists of the parties camp opposing him will obtain 68 seats (one seat more than the number of seats they obtained in the poll the week before last). The coalition list between Hadash [the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality] and Ta’al [the Arab Movement for Change] and the Ra’am list [the United Arab List] will each get 5 seats, and the Balad list [the National Democratic Rally] will not be able to exceed the electoral threshold (3.25%).

According to the poll, the Likud Party list headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will get 18 seats, the “Official Camp” list headed by Knesset member Benny Gantz will get 39 seats, and the “There is a Future” list headed by Knesset member Yair Lapid will get 15 seats.

The poll showed that the “Religious Zionism” party list, headed by Minister Bezalel Smotrich, will get 4 seats, the “Otzma Yehudit” [“Jewish Power”]” list, headed by Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, will get 5 seats, and the Shas party list of Haredi [religious extremist] Eastern Jews. It won 8 seats, while the Haredi United Torah Judaism Party list got 7 seats, the “Israel Our Home” party list headed by Knesset member Avigdor Lieberman got 8 seats, the Meretz Party list got 6 seats, while the Labor Party list headed by Knesset member Merav Michaeli got 8 seats. You will not be able to exceed the discount rate.

49% of respondents said that the head of the “Official Camp” coalition, Benny Gantz, is the most suitable to assume the position of Prime Minister of Israel, while only 27% of them said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the most suitable.

The survey included a sample of 515 people representing all categories of the adult population in Israel, with a maximum error rate of 4.3%.