Poll: 64% don’t trust Netanyahu government’s handling of country; 79% want state inquiry into Oct. 7

Sixty-four percent of the public doesn’t trust how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is running the country, compared to 30% who do, according to a Channel 12 survey.

The poll also found that 79% favor the establishment of a state commission of inquiry to probe the failures surrounding Hamas’s October 7, 2023, invasion and massacre, compared to 8% who oppose it, and 13% who said they didn’t know.

Pitting Netanyahu against Opposition chair Yair Lapid, 38% believe the former is more suited to serve as prime minister, compared to 28% who said the latter.

Comparing Netanyahu against National Unity chair Benny Gantz, 37% say the former is more suited to serve as prime minister, compared to 29% who say the latter.

Pitting Netanyahu against former prime minister Naftali Bennett, 34% say the former is more suited to serve as prime minister, compared to 38% who say the latter.

For the first time, the network also pitted Netanyahu against National Unity Gadi Eisenkot. Thirty-five percent of respondents say Netanyahu is more suited to serve as premier, compared to 33% who say Eisenkot is.

Asked about the brewing ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah, 54% say they support the deal, compared to 24% who oppose it.