
The Netanyahu government continues to trail in the polls, with a new survey showing the Coalition losing ten seats.
Journalist Amit Segal publicized the results Wednesday of a new poll conducted by the Rafi Smith Institute surveying 700 respondents, showing the factions aligned with the Coalition losing a combined ten seats if new elections were held today, falling from 64 mandates to just 54 seats, while the Opposition parties rose from 56 to 66.
If new elections were held today, the poll found, the Likud would lose six of its seats, falling to 26 mandates, while the National Unity party would more than double its strength, rising from 12 seats to 28. Yesh Atid declined in the poll to 18 seats, down from its current 24.
Yisrael Beytenu received five seats, down from its current six, while the United Arab List (Ra’am) rose from five seats to six, and the Hadash-Ta’al alliance held steady at five seats. Balad, which failed to cross the electoral threshold last November, again failed to receive the 3.25% minimum.
Meretz, which fell below the threshold in November, barely crossed it in the poll, receiving four seats, while Labor, which won four seats in the last election, failed to cross the threshold in Wednesday’s poll.
Shas received 10 seats, followed by United Torah Judaism with seven, Religious Zionist Party with six, and Otzma Yehudit with five.
The poll also found that while a majority of voters who backed the parties in the Coalition in the last election want the Coalition to take both seats on the Judicial Selection Committee reserved for the Knesset, more than half of the general population believes the Opposition should receive one of the spots.
Twenty-nine percent of all respondents say the Coalition should take both spots, compared to 52% who say the Opposition and Coalition should each receive one.