Religious Zionist party falls below electoral threshold in new poll

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. (File photo: Jordan News)
TEL AVIV — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionist Party would not make it into the Knesset if elections were held today, while National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit Party would rise to seven seats on its own, according to a new poll published by Maariv on Friday morning.اضافة اعلان

The poll additionally found that Benny Gantz's National Unity party would rise to 43 seats, while Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid would drop to 13 seats and Meretz would rise to five seats.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud would earn 18 seats, Shas would earn nine seats, Yisrael Beytenu would earn eight seats, United Torah Judaism would earn seven seats, and Hadash-Ta'al and Ra'am would earn five seats each. Labor would fall below the electoral threshold.

In response to a question on who would be better as prime minister, 52 percent of respondents said that Gantz would be better, while 27 percent preferred Netanyahu. Some 21 percent said that they were unsure.


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