This election is a close call for PM Netanyahu, with his corruption trial looming and the pandemic still not under control. His only sure allies are the Charedi parties and Religious Zionism.
Channel 12 poll gives parties opposed to Netanyahu a total of 61 seats out of the Knesset’s 120. Parties that have pledged not to join a government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would receive a total of 61 out of the Knesset’s 120 seats if the upcoming March election were held today, according to poll released Wednesday by Channel 12 News.
The Yamina party, which has not committed to either backing or rejecting Netanyahu, would get 11 seats, according to the poll, while the Charedi parties Shas and United Torah Judaism would receive 8 and 7 seats respectively.
According to the poll, Likud would get 28 seats – one less than in the last poll, which was released on Friday. Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party got 18 seats in the poll, an improvement of one seat from last week’s poll, while Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope party – formed when the lawmaker quit Likud – got 13 seats, one less than last week.
The United Arab List, and the Economic Party would both fail to pass the 3.25-percent threshold for entering the Knesset.
