Poll: 58% of Israelis do not believe Netanyahu should be PM after the election

A majority of Israelis do not believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should remain as premier after the elections, a Channel 12 poll finds.

According to the survey, 58 percent of respondents believe another candidate should be premier, with just 32% saying it should be Netanyahu and 10% saying they don’t know.

When asked who they believe is the most trustworthy party leader, 38% say Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot, 27% say Netanyahu and 12% say former prime minister Naftali Bennett, with 23% saying they do not know.

Questioned as to who would deal best with the country’s internal divisions, 27% say Eisenkot, 21% say Bennett, 20% say Netanyahu and 32% say they do not know.

Asked who is the most trustworthy, 38% name Eisenkot, 27% say Netanyahu, 12% say Bennett and 23% don’t know.

When asked who would deal best with the economy and cost of living, 28% say Bennett, 23% say Netanyahu and 16% say Eisenkot, with 33% saying they do not know.

When asked if they were concerned for Israel’s democratic future “after the events of this week,” 53% say they worry, 38% say they do not and 9% say they do not.

Elections must be held by the end of October.

The outlet does not detail the margin of error for the survey.