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The results show a worsening of public opinion: In the previous poll, 37% gave the government's management of the pandemic a "good" rating, while just 54% rated it "bad."<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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When asked to rate Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, 40% said his performance was "good" and 51% said it was "bad. When asked to rate Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), 43% rated his performance as "good" and 45% rated it "bad" - a difference which falls within statistical error margins.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The poll also asked respondents who they would vote for were elections to be held today. The results showed that the Likud would win 32 Knesset seats, followed by Yesh Atid with 20 seats. Sephardic-haredi Shas would win nine seats, while two parties, Labor and Blue and White, would win eight seats each.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The current government, which has a narrow 61-MK majority, would receive just 60 seats in the new elections, the poll showed.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2021-08-22 09:50:30","content_date_finish":"2021-08-22 09:50:30","content_date_register":"2021-08-22 09:54:39","content_date_last_edit":"2021-08-22 10:06:33","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"4283100976","attach_date_register":"2021-08-22 09:54:36","attach_id":"493797","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"667","attach_img_height":"397","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"333","visit_date_last":"2025-05-12 18:38:35","attach_title":"Poll: Majority of Israelis not happy with Israeli PM, pandemic management\n 2","node_title":"news,Political,Latest news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53},{\"node_id\":136, \"left\":29, \"right\":32},{\"node_id\":144, \"left\":49, \"right\":50}]"}]]