The latest election poll released by the Knesset Channel on Tuesday, 21 Shevat was conducted by Panels Politics involving 690 respondents, the margin of error is 3.6%.
Once again the two leading parties are locked in a tie while Bayit Yehudi remains down, unable to climb back up to 16 seats.
Likud: 23
Labor/The Movement: 23
Bayit Yehudi: 12
Arab Bloc: 12
Yesh Atid: 12
Kulanu: 9
Shas: 7
Yahadut Hatorah: 7
Yisrael Beitenu: 5
Meretz: 5
Yachad: 5
Who is most suited to be prime minister?
48%: Netanyahu
25%: Herzog
Who is most suited to be defense minister?
27%: Ya’alon
17%: Yadlin
12%: Galant
11%: Bennett
6%: Lieberman
14%: None of the above
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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6 Responses
1. The margin or error allows for the possibility of a Likud landslide, a Labor landslide, or anything in the middle.
2. Based on the poll, Likud would need the Hareidim, or some left-center support to form a government. Labor could only form a goverment if it has both the Hareidim and Arabs. And Likud and Labor could form a joint government.
For all practical purposes the only alternative to including the hareidim is a Likud-Labor government.
To akuperma,
You speak about the haredim as if they were a monolith. There are several haredi parties, not all of which are required to form a coalition. Who is to say yachad and shas will be included, while yahadut hatorah may be excluded.
#2 goofus: More often than not, the Chareidi parties negotiatate from the standpoint that either all or none join the coalition.
Akuperma,
It seems to me if Koolanu went with the left, as they’ve said they might, they would have a 61 seat majority with the Arabs, Yesh Atid, and Meretz, without the Chareidim.
According to this poll, anyway.
Yachad and Shas might not want to sit in the same coalition.
A Likud-Labor coalition will need a rotation of Bibi the Dictator, Herzog the Idiot, and Tipi the Witch.
Might be interesting…
#5
Sounds horrid