Most Yamina voters are very unhappy with party leader Naftali Bennett's decision to partner with her party's decision to join a coalition seeking to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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According to a poll cited by Channel 12 News, 61% of Yamina voters say they would no longer vote for Bennett if he goes through with the move, while 34% of Yamina voters would again elect him.
The Midgam Polling Institute found that 65% of Yamina voters would prefer a fifth election over the emerging Bennett-Lapid government, while 33% said they prefer to give the Lapid-Bennett coalition a chance.
Meanwhile, the threats against Bennett and his No. 2, MK Ayelet Shaked continued to increase Monday, promoting the Israel Security Agency to classify it as Level 5 – just one level shy of the gravest possible threat.
The Shin Bet, which is responsible for providing elected officials with security details, has already increased the two's security on Sunday after they began receiving death threats.
Acceding to Channel 12 News, the Shin Bet now provides both with a 24/7 personal security detail, guards at their homes, and extra police presence during what has become daily protests outside their residences.
On orders of Knesset Security Chief Maj. Gen. Yosef Griff, Bennett has begun travelling in an armored car.
Dvir Kariv, a retired ISA Intelligence officer who was part of the team that investigated the 1995 assassination of then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, warned Tuesday of a "dangerous political atmosphere."
Speaking to Tel Aviv-based 103FM Radio, Kariv commented on security service's decision to increased Bennett and Shaked's security, saying that it terms of the incitement against them, "We're not in November 1995 [-levels] yet, but we're not too far off, either.
"Incitement against public officials is growing as is the security we provide them. But you have to remember – there's no such thing as 100% secure.
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"The potential for an ideological attack definitely exists," he warned. "The rhetoric has to be toned down. Currently incitement is not being handled properly."
Asked about the possibility Israel could see another political assassination, Kariv said, "The future would-be assassin knows that the previous killer was technically successful in the sense that it [Rabin's murder] stopped the peace process."
Israeli leaders "haven't learned their lesson – it [incitement], can lead to a political assassination. If they [politicians] don't tone things down, another political assassination is only a matter of time," he warned.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
