""Netanyahu could reach 63": Arab sector pollster makes dramatic assessment

September 18, 2022   

Yosef Makleda, Arab society pollster for the company 'StatNet1' - whose poll results are published on Channel 13 - discussed this morning (Sunday), in a conversation with Golan Yochfaz and Anat Davidov on 103FM, how the split in the Arab parties will affect the voter's votes and the picture of the mandates. Free emergency hotline: Evacuation of the deceased and everything you need to know about burial ""Netanyahu benefited from the split, he reaches 60-61 and he can also benefit more when one of the parties falls, and this is a possible scenario, it could also be 62-63," Makleda said in an interview with 103FM. Makleda added: "When Balad enters the picture and runs separately, it bites off a mandate and more than the former partner, and also takes votes from the Radical National Movement. It is enough for the overall vote percentage to increase, so that one of the major Arab parties can fall. The vote percentage jumped by three percentage points, if this continues and it is like a snowball, it could turn against Netanyahu. That is why the right and Netanyahu are supposed to make a plan to suppress the electoral threshold." However, he clarified: "Not all people allow themselves to say that they vote for Balad. I don't know the reasons, but towards the end, Balad is getting stronger. If the party doesn't immediately start a campaign, it could easily collapse. I don't think there are many Jews who can cast a ballot for Balad.".