Almost two-thirds of the Israeli public believes that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should follow the lead of IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and announce his resignation, a poll aired by Channel 12 shows.
Sixty-three percent of respondents said Netanyahu should resign, 27% said that he should not resign, and 10% said that they didn’t know.
Even among coalition voters, 33% of respondents said Netanyahu should resign. Fifty-three percent of them said that he shouldn’t and 14% said they didn’t know. Ninety-two percent of opposition voters said he should resign.
Asked who is responsible for the failures that allowed Hamas’s October 7 onslaught to take place, 52% of the public says everyone is equally responsible, 20% say the government is fully responsible, 12% say the IDF is fully responsible, 9% say the Shin Bet security service is fully responsible and 7% say they don’t know.
Asked who they trust more to secure the release of the hostages between US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu, 53% of respondents said Trump, 23% said Netanyahu, while 24% said they were unsure.
The poll was conducted by Midgam / iPanel. Channel 12 did not state the margin of error.
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