60 seats for the 'Netanyahu bloc', Gideon Sa'ar does not pass the threshold

7 June 2022   

A 'Kan News' poll published this evening (Tuesday) shows that a day after the coalition's defeat in the Knesset, the 'Netanyahu Bloc' reaches 60 seats. The Likud led by Benjamin Netanyahu reaches 35 seats, Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid with 20, and Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism becomes the third largest party with 10 seats. According to the poll, Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope does not pass the threshold. Distribution of mandates by parties: Likud – 35 seats Yesh Atid – 20 seats Religious Zionism – 10 seats Blue and White – 8 seats Shas – 8 seats Labor – 7 seats United Torah Judaism – 7 seats Yamina – 6 seats Joint List – 6 seats Yisrael Beiteinu – 5 seats Meretz – 4 seats Ra’am – 4 seats New Hope led by Gideon Sa’ar receives only 2.8% and does not pass the threshold. Netanyahu’s bloc – 60 Bennett’s coalition – 54 Joint – 6 35% of those surveyed responded that the preferred option in their view was the continuation of the current government’s term, 60% of center-left voters supported this option, compared to 20% of right-wing voters. About a quarter of respondents supported the establishment of an alternative government led by Netanyahu, with 40% of right-wing voters supporting this option. Almost a third of respondents preferred the option of dissolving the Knesset and going to the polls. After the opposition voted against the 'Jerusalem Law' yesterday, survey participants were asked what their position was on the move. Among right-wing voters, about a third supported the opposition's decision to oppose the law, about a third opposed it, and the rest responded that they had no opinion on the matter. Among Likud voters in the last elections, almost half (47%) support the opposition's decision to vote against the Judea and Samaria Regulations Law. 45% of Religious Zionist voters also support this move. 61% of Blue and White voters, 66% of Yesh Atid voters, and half of Yisrael Beiteinu voters oppose the move. Almost 40% of Yamina voters in the last elections oppose the opposition's move and about a third support it. A survey was conducted by the Kanter Institute today among 552 men and women aged 18 and over, including the Arab sector, via the Internet. 3,352 people were asked to respond to the survey, sampling error – 4.4%+-