If the Knesset elections had taken place today, and the Likud was headed by Nir Barkat in place of Benjamin Netanyahu, the party would have won 29 seats. This emerges from a survey conducted by a sample institute headed by Mano Geva in collaboration with iPanel and published tonight (Sunday) in the main edition of News 12, in light of the possibility that the opposition chairman will retire from political life as part of the emerging plea deal.
According to this scenario, Yesh Atid remains the second largest party in the Knesset with 17 seats, Shas receives 10 seats and also religious Zionism with 10 seats. Blue and white led by Ganz with 9 seats and three parties - Labor, Torah Judaism and Yisrael Beiteinu - each win 7 seats. The joint list with 6 seats, right and RAAM each receive 5 seats.
Meretz and new hope at the bottom of the list with 4 seats each.
Netanyahu and Edelstein.
Archive, Photo: Liron Moldovan
On the other hand, if the party was headed by Yuli Edelstein, the party's number of seats would drop to 20, and there is a future of 19 seats.
New hope is strengthened in the seat and receives 5 seats and Meretz with 4 seats.
In the case of the Likud headed by Israel Katz, it appears that even in such a case the party loses its power and its number of seats drops to 19, equality with Yesh Atid. Blue and white strengthens slightly and rises to 12 seats - like religious Zionism.
In News 13, a survey was conducted, which examined, among other things, the public's position regarding the plea deal.
According to the survey, conducted by Prof. Camille and Fox, only 29% of the public support signing the plea deal, compared to 46% who oppose it.
A quarter of respondents said they did not know.
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