According to a survey, only 15 percent of Israelis want Benjamin Netanyahu to remain prime minister after the end of the Gaza war. This is the result of a survey published on Tuesday by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI), even as the majority of respondents support the continuation of the military offensive against Hamas ordered by Netanyahu.
The survey found that 23 percent of respondents favored opposition politician Benny Gantz, a centrist politician and Netanyahu’s political rival, as prime minister. About 30 percent did not want Netanyahu or Gantz as head of government. Gantz currently serves in Netanyahu’s war cabinet. Liberal opposition politician Yair Lapid did not join the committee and justified this with the participation of right-wing radical parties in the government under Netanyahu.
Still 129 Hamas members
56 percent of respondents believe that military action is the best way to free the hostages in the Gaza Strip from the hands of the radical Islamist Hamas and its allies. 24 percent support an exchange agreement with Hamas, under which hostages should be released and in return Palestinians should be released from Israeli custody. 129 people are still in the hands of Hamas. In late November, about a hundred hostages were released in exchange for the release of captured Palestinians.
Netanyahu has declared the destruction of Hamas his goal. According to him, the enormous military pressure on the Gaza Strip is crucial to ensure the release of the hostages still held there. On Saturday, Netanyahu said it would take months to achieve victory over Hamas.
Several opinion polls have already shown that the conservative Likud politician’s popularity has declined significantly since Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on October 7 and the massive Israeli counter-offensive. A poll in December showed that 69 percent of Israelis want parliamentary elections to be held once the war is over.
Netanyahu leads a coalition that is further to the right politically than ever before. In addition to its conservative Likud party, it also includes ultra-orthodox and radical anti-liberal parties. They all reject a two-state solution with the Palestinians.
Source: Krone
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