November 23, 2006
A poll conducted by Israel's largest newspaper this week revealed that if elections were held today, Binyamin Netanyahu would be Israel's next prime minister.
Disappointed with the performance of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government, Israeli voters would give Netanyahu's Likud 20 Knesset seats, up considerably from its current 12.
Olmert's Kadima Party would drop from 29 seats to 15, the same number the Labor Party would receive, compared to the 19 it holds today.
Rightist immigrant party Israel Our Home, led by Avigdor Lieberman, would receive 10 mandates, and popular Israeli-Russian industrialist Arcadi Gaydamak would win 13 seats if he decided to run.
Together with Lieberman, Gaydamak and the religious parties, Netanyahu would be able to form a right-wing coalition enjoying of a firm 69-seat majority.
The only fear is that the ultra-leftist Meretz Party, which is expected to increase from five seats to eight, will merge with Labor, making it the largest Knesset faction.
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Magal
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