A new Channel 2 poll gives the Zionist Union 25 Knesset seats, one more than Likud at 24. The Joint Arab List wins 12 seats in the new poll. Jewish Home and Yesh Atid tie at 11 seats each, while Kulanu, Yisrael Beitenu and United Torah Judaism win seven seats each. Shas would win six Knesset seats if elections were held today, while Meretz and Yachad, Eli Yishai’s right wing party, would win five seats.
A Channel 2 poll shows one possible Benjamin Netanyahu coalition. The poll, published on February 16, 2015, found that Netanyahu will have an easier time building a coalition than Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog. (photo credit: Screen capture, Channel 2)
When respondents were asked who will be the next prime minister, 67% of those asked said current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be prime minister also in the next government. A mere 17% said Isaac Herzog, leader of Labor and now head of the Zionist Union amalgamation of Labor and Hatnua, will be prime minister.
When asked not who will be the prime minister but who is apt to fill that role, the numbers are just slightly better for Herzog: 51% say Netanyahu can fill the role, and Herzog wins 28%.
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