Polls conducted by the Likud party show the party continuing to gain support, findings that a new, independent survey published Sunday on Channel 10 News appear to confirm. The survey, conducted by Professor Camil Fuchs in conjunction with the Midgam Panel, polled a total of 701 respondents – 601 Israeli Jews and 100 Israeli non-Jews.
According to the poll, if a general election were held at this time, the Likud would win 29 seats. A Likud-commissioned poll published on Friday indicated that the party would win 36 seats.
The poll also indicated gains for Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party, which rose to 24 seats from the 23 it had in an independent poll published on Feb. 21, which would make it the second-largest faction in the Knesset.
The Zionist Union, on the other hand, dropped to 12 seats from the 15 the party was projected to win in the Feb. 21 poll – two more seats than the 10 the Likud-commissioned poll gave the center-left party.
The poll also predicted 12 seats for the Joint Arab List and 10 for Habayit Hayehudi.
Kulanu, headed by Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, lost one seat according to the poll, dropping to seven from eight. Yisrael Beytenu under Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman held steady at seven projected seats. United Torah Judaism was projected to win six Knesset seats.
The Meretz party, which holds only five seats in the current Knesset, gained an additional three following party chairwoman Zehava Galon and MK Ilan Gilon's decision not to vie for the leadership.
