Despite the ongoing corruption investigations into the prime minister, a new poll conducted by Hadashot news reveals that if elections were to be held today, Netanyahu’s Likud party would still win with some 24 Knesset seats, down from its current 30.
The survey indicates that the Yair Lapid’s opposition Yesh Atid party would come in second place with 22 seats, up from its current 11.
The Zionist Union would get 18 seats, down from its current 24, while the right-wing nationalist Jewish Home party would jump to 12 seats from its current 8.
A hypothetical election would bring the greatest loss to Moshe Kahlon’s centrist Kulanu party, that would earn 6 seats, down from its current 10.
Kahlon, Netanyahu’s finance minister was criticized after Kulanu voted in favor of a bill restricting police authority to recommend criminal charges as an attempt to protect Netanyahu from the corruption probes into his affairs.
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