The majority of Israelis want Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's governing coalition's term to end, a Channel 12 News survey published Monday has found.
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The numbers show that 56% of Israelis believe that Bennett's government should not "continue to exist," and only 35% still support the government.
Bennett's government was sworn in last June after four deadlocked elections. The coalition, which includes a collection of eight hard-right, liberal and Arab parties, has staggered ever closer to imploding in recent weeks, with several MKs bolting its ranks.
Among those who voted for the coalition parties, 63% said they still support the government with 29% stating it should end its tenure.
According to the poll, were elections held at this time, the Likud would win 36 seats, followed by Yesh Atid (20), Blue and White (10), Religious Zionist Party (9), Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party Shas (8), Ashkenazi Haredi party United Torah Judaism (7), Labor (6), Yisrael Beytenu (5), Yamina (5), Ra'am (5), Joint Arab List (5), and Meretz (4).
Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope fails to cross the prerequisite four-Knesset-seat electoral threshold of 3.25% of the votes.
These results give the ruling coalition only 55 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, while the opposition bloc could secure 60 seats – just one seat shy of the necessary minimum required to form a government.
Asked who they believe is most suited for the role of prime minister, 47% named Former PM and current opposition leader, Benjamin Netanyahu. Only 21% favored Bennett.
Between Netanyahu and Prime Minister-designate Yair Lapid, 46% preferred Netanyahu, while 27% favored Lapid. Between Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, 46% named Netanyahu while 21% favored Gantz.
Bennett warned Monday that the coalition could fall apart in a couple of weeks if the rebelling lawmakers within the alliance did not fully cooperate.
"We are fighting for the government these days," he told the Knesset. "We are fighting because the choice is between chaos and stability."
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