A large majority of Israelis believe this should be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s last term and that he shouldn’t run in the next elections, according to a poll published by Channel 12 news on Friday.
Sixty-nine percent of respondents said Netanyahu should resign when elections are next held as opposed to only 22% who believed he should run for prime minister. The remaining nine percent said they didn’t know.
The opinion was seen also among constituents of the coalition parties, with 46% saying Netanyahu should resign and 43% saying he should run again.
Similarly to polls in the last couple of weeks, Netanyahu was deemed a better option for prime minister than opposition leader Yair Lapid and National Unity leader Benny Gantz.
Netanyahu gained one percent of approval over Lapid (36%) since a poll last week, while the latter remained at 27%. A third of respondents said they would prefer someone else, and the remaining four percent said they didn’t know. READ MORE