With elections for 21st Knesset less than a week away, Channel 13 News on Tuesday evening released the following poll, which shows the right-wing bloc maintains its lead; 62-58.

The relevance to this is that it will be most difficult for Benny Gantz of the Blue and White party to assemble a coalition government event if he is given the presidential mandate to form the next government.

If the premiership rotation agreement between Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid is canceled, and only Gantz will serve as prime minister, will this increase the chance of you voting Blue and White?
56% Without any change
24% Will increase the chance of voting for Blue and White
14% Don’t know
5% Slim chance

In your opinion, who is most suited to serve as Prime Minister?
46% Binyamin Netanyahu
37% Benny Gantz
17% Don’t know

In the event of a loss, in your opinion, will antz join a coalition headed by Netanyahu?
54% He will join
34% Don’t know
22% He won’t join

Party voting results
Likud 29
Blue and White 28
Labor 14
Arab parties 11
United Right-Wing 7
Zehut 6
Yahadut Hatorah 6
Shas 5
New Right 5
Meretz 5
Kulanu 5

The poll includes 856 respondents, of which 601 from the Jewish sector and 255 from the non-Jewish sector. It was conduction by Prof. Kamil Fuchs supervised by Panel Project Midgam, STATENET, with a margin of error of +/- 3.4%.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)