TEL AVIV – Yet another poll published Saturday showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party gaining steam with an additional two seats predicted for the party if elections were held today, up two from last week’s results from the same pollsters.
The poll, commissioned on behalf of Channel 2, showed Likud winning 28 seats, down from its current 30 but up from last week’s 26.
According to Channel 10, which commissioned a separate survey last week, Likud would gain 27 seats and 26 without Netanyahu as leader. Channel 10 also said the prime minister had threatened his coalition partners that he will call early elections if anyone attempts to push him out.
Saturday’s poll showed Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party winning 24 seats, up from its current 11.
The Zionist Union would drop from 24 seats to 15 while the Joint (Arab) List would fall one seat to 12. Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home party would see an increase from 8 to 9 seats.
Ultra-orthodox party United Torah Judaism would gain one seat to 7 while Shas would drop to 5 from 7 seats.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu would gain two seats to 7.
Another poll last week showed Netanyahu’s Likud gaining four seats to 34.
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