Moshe Kahlon is the favored candidate for finance minister according to a new Knesset Channel election poll, winning the trust of 23% of those surveyed. Labor’s Manuel Trajtenberg wins 20% and Yair Lapid, the minister vacating the position, gets a mere 10% of support. Likud’s Yisrael Katz trails behind even Lapid with 7%.
The survey gives Likud and Zionist camp 23 Knesset seats each. The poll gives both parties fewer seats than a poll conducted for the channel last week.
Jewish Home wins 12 seats, one fewer than last week, while Yesh Atid grows from 11 to 12 seats. The Joint Arab List remains stable with 12 seats, like United Torah Judaism which wins 7 as it did in the last poll. Moshe Kahlon’s Kulanu wins 9 seats, one more than last week.
Leader of the Kulanu political party Moshe Kahlon, speaks during the Tel Aviv Citizens Empowerment Institute Conference on February 8. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Meretz, Yisrael Beytenu and Yahad, Eli Yishai’s party each win 5 seats.
The respondents believe Prime Minister Netanyahu should cancel his speech to Congress next month. 43% say Netanyahu should cancel and only 38% say he should go through with the speech, while another 19% are not sure.
The poll, conducted by Panels Politics, surveyed 690 respondents.
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