Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Monday, September 26, 2016

Israelis still prefer Netanyahu to Lapid in PM race

26 September 2016, 8:42 pm Edit

Channel 1’s poll also features respondents’ answers as to their preferred candidate for prime minister.

Here, Netanyahu is ahead with 24 percent, followed by Lapid’s 17%.

Education Minister Naftali Bennett gets 8%, then opposition head Isaac Herzog and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman with 7%.

Bringing up the rear are two erstwhile generals, former chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi with 6%, and Ehud Barak, who has already served as prime minister. He receives a paltry 2%, which doesn’t bode well for his emerging campaign.

Fully 29% of respondents didn’t warm to any of the options.