A poll taken in the wake of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption investigation indicates that the Yesh Atid party would get the most seats.
The poll, broadcast by Channel 2, indicates Yesh Atid, led by Yair Lapid, would get 26 seats in the 120 seat Knesset.
This would be closely followed by Netanyahu’s Likud with 24 seats.
The poll also gives the Joint (Arab) List 13 seats; the Jewish Home party 12; the Zionist Union 11; Kulanu 7; Israel Beytenu 7; Shas 7; UTJ 7 and Meretz 6.
The poll also showed that there was no clear person that the public would want to replace Netanyahu if he were to resign.
The poll gave Lapid 17 percent; Naftali Bennett gets 10 percent; former Likud politician Gideon Saar with 10 percent; opposition chief Isaac Herzog with only six percent and former defense minister Moshe Yaalon with six percent.
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