A poll conducted by Israeli Channel 13 News shows that support for the Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has declined, and it is likely to lose more than a third of its parliamentary seats if elections are held. It may fail to secure a majority with its partners in the hard-right coalition. Amid a battle that has sparked divisions over plans to increase control over the Supreme Court—plans the government has been forced to suspend—and escalating violence with Palestinians, more than two-thirds of participants expressed dissatisfaction with Netanyahu's performance in office.
The poll indicated that Netanyahu's conservative party (Likud) would secure 20 out of 120 seats in the parliament, marking a decrease from the 32 seats it won in the November elections. Furthermore, his religious-national coalition is projected to fail to win a majority, obtaining only 46 seats, down from 64 seats. The survey, conducted by statistics professor Kamil Fox, revealed that if elections were held today, the center-right list led by former Defense Minister Benny Gantz would come in first with 29 seats, followed by Yair Lapid's centrist party, which would receive 21 seats. In response to a question about Netanyahu's performance as Prime Minister, 71% of the 699 participants said he is "not good," while 20% deemed him "good."
