A poll released by Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) on Wednesday morning, March 27, 2019, shows the Blue and White party is maintaining its lead over Likud by two seats.

Blue and White 30
Likud 28
Labor 10
Hadash – Ta’al 8
Yahadut Hatorah 7
Shas 6
Meretz 5
United Right-Wing 5
New Right 5
Yisrael Beitenu 4
Kulanu 4
Gesher 4
Zehut 4

Who is more qualified to serve as prime minister between the two?
45% Binyamin Netanyahu
33% Benny Gantz
22% Don’t know

Right-wing/religious 63 seats
Left-wing/Arabs 57

The poll was conducted by Midgam Institute interviewing 504 respondents representative of the adult Israeli population 18 and older. The margin of error is +/- 4.4%.

KAN Reshet Bet Poll

This poll was conducted before the last wave of warfare Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. The poll was taken via the internet, including 545 adult respondents among 1,635 people asked to participate. The data was gathered on 26 March and the margin of error is +/- 4.4%.

Who is more qualified to serve as prime minister between the two?
45% Binyamin Netanyahu
34% Benny Gantz

Blue and White 30
Likud 28
Labor 8
New Right 7
Hadash – Ta’al 7
Yahadut Hatorah 7
Kulanu 6
Shas 6
Zehut 6
United Right-Wing 5
Balad- Ra’am 5
Meretz 5
Yisrael Beitenu (2.1% of vote).
Not in Knesset Gesher (2.6% of vote)

How do you rate the IDF’s response to renewed Hamas rocket fire?
53% IDF response too weak
29% appropriate response
3% too strong a response

In light of renewed fighting in recent days, how do you rate the performance of PM Netanyahu?
33% mediocre
33% not good
24% good

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)