Two new polls released by channels 12 and 13 Sunday night indicate a rise in support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and mixed results for his Likud party. The polls also showed a significant increase in support for the right-wing Yamina party and its leader, Naftali Bennett.
The first poll, conducted by Midgam and published by Channel 12, showed that 76.7% of respondents back the peace deal with the United Arab Emirates over annexation, while only 16.5% preferred annexation. The rest, 6.8%, either had no preference or said they didn't know.
Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and Twitter
The vast majority of respondents in the poll, 85.8%, also said the UAE deal would not change their vote if Israeli elections were held today. Meanwhile, 7.5% said the diplomatic breakthrough would change their vote, while 6.6% said they hadn't decided yet.
According to the poll, 46% of respondents said they prefer Netanyahu as premier over Yesh Atid-Telem leader Yair Lapid at 22%.
Netanyahu also received 39% support compared to 24% for Bennett.
The Channel 12 poll also showed the right-wing–religious bloc with 63 seats, compared to 49 seats for the left-wing–Arab bloc, and eight seats for the secular right-wing Yisrael Beytenu party.
According to the Midgam poll, if new elections were held today the Likud would fall from its current 36 seats to 30; Yamina, which currently has five mandates, rose to 18 seats; Yesh Atid-Telem, which had been the second-largest party according to previous polls, fell to third place with 16 seats; the Joint Arab List received 15, the center-left Blue and White party would fall to 12 seats; United Torah Judaism (8); ultra-Orthodox Shas (8); and left-wing party Meretz (6).
Labor, Gesher, Derech Eretz, Otzma Yehudit, and the Jewish Home would all fail to pass the 3.25% electoral threshold if new elections were held today, the poll found.
The Channel 13 poll, conducted by Camil Fuchs, showed the Likud gaining a boost from the peace deal with the UAE with 33 seats if new elections were held today.
Yesh Atid-Telem would be the second-largest party with 20 seats; Yamina (19); Blue and White (10); the Joint Arab List (12); Shas (7); Yisrael Beytenu (7); United Torah Judaism (6); and Meretz (6).
Labor, Gesher, Derech Eretz, Otzma Yehudit, and the Jewish Home also failed to clear the electoral threshold in the Channel 13 poll.
Subscribe to Israel Hayom's daily newsletter and never miss our top stories!
