Poll shows Israel's right gaining at left's expense

Isaac Herzog and Benjamin Netanyahu
Isaac Herzog and Benjamin Netanyahu

If elections were held for Israel's Knesset, Isaac Herzog's Zionist Union would lose 4 mandates, the Radio FM103 poll found.

Israel's right wing bloc would gain at the expense of the left, if Knesset elections were held today according to a poll carried out by Prof. Yitzhak Katz's Maagar Mochot Research Institute for Radio 103FM.

The poll found that the biggest change from the current Knesset is that Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party would lose five mandates, falling from 10 to 5, while former Finance Minister Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party would gain four mandates from 11 to 15.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud would gain one seat to 31, Habayit Hayehudi would gain one seat to 9 and Shas would gain one seat to 8. Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beitenu would gain two seats to 6, while opposition leader Isaac Herzog's Zionist Union would lose 4 mandates to 20.

Meretz, United Torah Judaism and the United Arab List would remain unchanged.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on December 3, 2015

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Isaac Herzog and Benjamin Netanyahu
Isaac Herzog and Benjamin Netanyahu
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