A Channel 12 poll detailed that the remaining six seats would remain in the hands of the Joint List, a coalition of predominantly Arab and leftist groups that supports dialogue with the Palestinians and rejects Jewish colonization in the West Bank.
The investigation confirmed the political stagnation of this Levantine nation due to the fragmentation of the vote that forced four elections to be held in just two and a half years.
43 percent of those interviewed advocated for an executive headed by the opposition Benjamin Netanyahu and 36 percent for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
The poll highlighted that Netanyahu’s Likud would continue as the largest party in the country with 34 seats, four more than the current ones, followed by Future led by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, with 19, two more.
Regarding the Cabinet’s work, Finance Ministers Avigdor Liberman and Interior Ministers Ayelet Shaked, (both from the most right-wing sector of the Government) obtained a disapproval of 56 and 51 percent, respectively.
The diverse government alliance is made up of far-right, center, Islamist and left groups, all united in their rejection of the return to power of Netanyahu, who ruled the country for 15 years, 12 of them uninterruptedly.
The coalition has only 61 seats in the Legislative Assembly, so each vote is key to avoiding new elections.
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