Rome, 8 May (LaPresse) – According to a Channel 12 poll, 42% of Israelis who voted for Likud, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, in the previous elections, are considering or have already decided to vote for a different party in the autumn Knesset elections. According to the poll, 58% of Israelis who voted for Likud in the previous elections said they would do the same in the next election. The poll finds that 10% of former Likud voters will vote for the centre-right ‘Together’ party led by former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett; 6% will vote for the centrist ‘Yashar’ party led by former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces Gadi Eisenkot; 4% will vote for Avigdor Liberman’s right-wing secular ‘Yisrael Beytenu’ party; 3% will vote for National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s far-right ‘Otzma Yehudit’ party; 2% will vote for Yoaz Hendel’s right-wing ‘Reservists’ party; 1% will vote for Benny Gantz’s ‘Blue and White’ party; and 1% will vote for Bezalel Smotrich’s far-right ‘Religious Zionism’ party.
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