Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by Knesset Channel 99 on Jan 30 2014.
Current Knesset seats in [brackets]
30 [31] Likud Beitenu
19 [15] Labor
17 [12] Bayit Yehudi
12 [19] Yesh Atid
11 [06] Meretz
07 [11] Shas
07 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
04 [06] Movement
04 [04] Hadash
04 [03] Balad
03 [04] Ra’am-Ta’al
02 [02] Kadima
61 [61] Right-Religious
59 [59] Center-Left-Arab
Knesset Jeremy Analysis: The clear winner of the Netanyahu-Bennett aftermath is Bennett. Bayit Yehudi gains 5 seats from last week’s Panels poll and Likud Beitenu dropped 4 seats. It is very unusual to see such a change in weekly polls. Another interesting point is that Shas’s slow gradual drop is continuing.
Additional Questions:
Were Minister Bennett’s words against the Prime Minister worthy of being said considering he is a minister in the government?
Not worthy 52%, Worthy 37%
How should Prime Minister Netanyahu respond to Bennett after his comments?
Ignore him 31%, Criticize him 29%, No opinion 23%, Fire him 17%
Do you support the idea of Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria staying in their places under Palestinian sovereignty?
No 54%, Yes 38%
Which side on your on in the argument between Minister Yaalon and Erdan on the Homefront Defense Ministry?
Erdan 37%, Yaalon 37%, Don’t know 26%
Is it correct for teachers in schools express their political opinions to their students?
No 63% Yes 34%.
How should the Education Ministry treat the teacher Adam Varta for what he said to his students?
Give him a hearing 45%, Do nothing 31%, Fire him 21%
Should schools install metal detectors to deal with violence problems?
Yes 78%, No 17%
No wonder Shas has declined. The difference between Israel Beitenu and Shas? Lieberman was acquitted after a clearly political decade-long witch hunt. Deri was easily convicted of bribery, served in prison, was banned from politics, and, the instant the ban was lifted, Yosef forced him back as party leader. Yishai and Attias are more popular among Shas voters (not to mention the entire Israeli public). Yosef was the only thing keeping them all together. The battle of egos was apparent even at his funeral. The interesting thing will be to see where these ex-Shas voters end up in the next election. Will they go to Likud or to Bayit Yehudi or UTJ or will Yishai run as a breakaway faction? My preference is for Bayit Yehudi to be 1/3 Religious Zionist, 1/3 Haredi, and 1/3 secular Jew and non Jew (Druze, Christian, etc) so as to be a larger and more representative. Then again, these parties seldom do what’s in their best interests- that’s why there’s 35 parties running every election instead of 7 or 8.