Poll: Netanyahu’s job approval rating at 32%, Gantz only slightly higher at 35%

Over seven months into the war with Hamas in Gaza, a new poll puts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s job approval rating at only 32 percent.

Among Likud voters only, that number rises to 35%, according to the Channel 12 poll.

Netanyahu’s main opponent, National Unity chair Benny Gantz, is only slightly more popular, with a 35% overall job approval rating. That number goes up to 42% among center-left voters, according to Channel 12.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who spoke out against Netanyahu in a televised address this week, gets good grades from 43% of Israelis, the poll finds.

Other ministers in Netanyahu’s government also fare poorly in the poll, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s approval rating put at 21%, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at 28% and Transportation Minister Miri Regev at 27%.

Opinions on IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi amid the ongoing war are more divided, according to the poll, with 46% of respondents rating him favorably and 46% negatively.

The Channel 12 poll was conducted by Midgam/Mano Geva in collaboration with iPanel.