Likud members would support Netanyahu's presidency

• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Published date: 05 April 2021
• Date: 05 April 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

A survey by the Ma'agar Mohot institute asked 501 respondents: "If Binyamin Netanyahu fails to form a new government, will he or she not support Netanyahu's appointment as president, when all legal proceedings against him are stopped, and a right-wing government is formed headed by another Likud candidate?" 69 percent of respondents said they would support the initiative, while only 23 percent opposed it. 8 percent said they did not know.

The respondents were subsequently asked who their preferred candidate is as the Likud's candidate for prime minister if Netanyahu is appointed president among senior Likud members today.

The leading candidate by a large margin over all the others according to the survey is MK Nir Barkat, who won the support of 39 percent of the respondents. In second place, with less than half the support (14 percent), came Finance Minister Israel Katz.

In third place is the former head of the GSS, MK Avi Dichter, who received 8 percent support. Ministers Amir Ohana and Miri Regev received 5 percent support each, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein...