Poll Forecasts 5th Elections Would Yield Similar Results, Continuing Deadlock

A television poll released Saturday suggested that a potential fifth round of elections would produce much the same outcome as March’s election and ongoing political deadlock, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his rivals having a clear path to forming a governing coalition.

The Channel 12 survey also found that most voters — including right-wing voters — prefer a coalition reliant on the Islamic party Ra’am to fifth elections.

The poll predicted Netanyahu’s Likud would be the largest party if elections were held today, with 30 seats, the same number as achieved in the March election.

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid party picked up 19 seats in the poll, up two seats from March.

The ultra-Orthodox Shas party got nine seats, followed by the center-left Labor with eight.

Read more at Times of Israel.

{Matzav.com}