Poll Shows Gantz Ahead of Netanyahu In Suitability for Zionist PM

By Staff, Agencies

If elections were held today, member of the Zionist parliament [Knesset] Benny Gantz’s so-called ‘National Unity’ party would receive 31 seats, the highest yet since the November 1 election, according to a new poll by Dr. Menachem Lazar’s Panels Politics.

In addition, 41% of Zionist settlers believe Gantz is more suitable than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to serve as the entity’s prime minister, versus 33% who say the reverse.

The results would be ‘National Unity’ 31, Likud 25, Yesh Atid 17, Shas 10, United Torah Judaism eight, Yisrael Beytenu six, Otzma Yehudit, Hadash-Ta’al and Religious Zionist Party five each, and Meretz and Ra’am four each. Labor would win only 2.9% of the vote and therefore not pass the 3.25% electoral threshold.

These results give the current opposition parties 67 seats, and the current coalition ones 53 seats.

Some 62% of ‘Israelis’ are not satisfied by the government’s response to the rocket attacks from Gaza this week, including 30% of those who voted for the current coalition, the poll found. 20% were satisfied, and 18% did not know.

The poll also found that almost three-fourths [73%] of settlers are pessimistic about the government’s ability to lower the number of homicides in the occupied territories, including 45% of those who voted for the current coalition. Some 19% are optimistic, while 9% do not know.

The poll included 517 participants, and its margin of error is 4.3%.