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Netanyahu at the Herzliya conference (file)
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| By Israel Insider staff and partners March 23, 2007 |
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What a difference a year makes. If elections were held today the Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, would win in a landslide, a new poll showed. But the survey suggested that the Likud owed its lead to deep dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz rather than to public support for harder line policies.
The survey, published by the Maariv daily Firday, showed the Likud winning nearly tripling its support to 35 seats and easily defeating an Olmert-led Kadima, support for which has dropped more than 50 percent to a mere 13 seats. the leftist Labor party would also tumble to 13 seats, the poll showed.
The poll indicated that Kadima and Labor would fare better if they dumped their leaders. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the poll showed would put Kadima slightly ahead of the Likud, the poll indicated.
If Labor replaced Peretz with former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon or former prime minister Ehud Barak, it would gain several seats beyond its current 19, the survey showed. Barak and Ayalon are competing to replace Peretz and take control of the party in a May primary.
The survey, carried out by TNS Teleseker, interviewed 460 people, with a 4.5% margin of error reported. |
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