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Poll shows Bennett, Liberman union would become largest party
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A poll published today indicates that a union between former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Liberman would be the biggest party if elections were held today.
The Channel 12 poll shows that if the two anti-Netanyahu right-wing leaders were to unite, they would be the biggest party, with 30 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, followed by the prime minister’s Likud party on 25.
Under such a scenario, the left-wing Democrats under Yair Golan would get 11 seats, a party headed by former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot would get 10, Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid would have eight, as would the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party Shas.
The Ashkenazi Haredi United Torah Judaism and the far-right Otzmah Yehudit would both garner seven seats, the two Arab parties Hadash Ta’al and Ra’am would each get five seats, while Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism would scrape past the electoral threshold and get four seats, the poll finds.
Benny Gantz’s Blue and White, and the Arab Balad party would not make it into the Knesset.
The results indicate the opposition will be unable to form a government with 59 seats, unless they include one of the Arab parties. The current coalition gets 51 seats.
The poll also finds that should Bennett and Liberman run separately, Netanyahu’s Likud will remain the largest party; however, the opposition would gain one seat overall and take 60 mandates.
The poll also finds that 47% of the public wants Israel to accept a partial ceasefire deal that would bring home some of the hostages and halt the planned conquest of Gaza City. Thirty-nine percent want the military to push ahead with the conquest of Gaza City, while 14% said they don’t know.
The poll surveyed 500 respondents and had a margin of error of 4.4%.
The Times of Israel Community.