Polls show New Hope declining, far-right stabilizing
The alliance between Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir is above the minimum vote threshold in the average of the five most recent polls.
Gideon Sa ar s New Hope party is on the decline, as is the Joint Arab List following the split from Ra am, according to the first opinion polls after the finalization last Thursday of party lists for the Knesset election on March 23. The polls were published on Friday on Channel 12 and Channel 13. The alliance on the far right between Bezalel Smotrich s Religious Zionist party and Otzma Yehudit, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, has stabilized above the minimum vote threshold in the average of the five most recent polls.
Netanyahu Courts Arab Voters; Nazareth Mayor: We Support You!
Polls suggest Israeli Arab voters flocking to Likud, other “Zionist” parties ahead of March election
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Who woulda thought? Benjamin Netanyahu, the accused “racist,” is successfully attracting Arab votes for his Likud party ahead of Israel’s national election on March 23.
If all you do is listen to the mainstream media, you might’ve walked away with the impression that Bibi oversees an “apartheid” regime that Arabs want nothing more than to overthrow.
Because that is the prevailing perception, it was with some mockery that the media reported on Netanyahu’s campaign to court Arab voters, in particular his visit on Wednesday to Nazareth.