Politics, Polls

New Channel 14 Poll: Netanyahu and Gantz Blocs in Dead Heat

After 100 days of war, Binyamin Netanyahu enjoys a plurality who consider him the most fit to be Prime Minister (34%), followed by Benny Gantz (28%), and Naftali Bennet (11%).

01/14/2024, 19:13

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Their blocs are polling about even, with Arab parties holding the balance. Netanyahu and Gantz. — Photo: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90

After 100 days of war, a new poll published Sunday on Channel 14 and conducted by DirectPlus shows that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu now enjoys a plurality who believe him most fit to be Prime Minister (34%), followed by Benny Gantz (28%), Naftali Bennet (11%0, Yair Lapid (9%), and Yossi Cohen (5%).

In terms of political blocs, both the Netanyahu and the center-left bloc presumed to be led by Benny Gantz received 56 seats each, with the Arab parties receiving eight seats total.

When broken down into parties, State Camp continues to maintain a small lead with 29 seats, followed by Likud with 26. Yesh Atid ends up much farther behind with just 14 seats.

Meanwhile, Shas gets 10 seats, Yisrael Beiteinu gets 9, UTJ and Otzmah Yehudit get eight each, Religious Zionism gets 4, Ra’am, Meretz, and Hadash-Ta’al all get four each.