According to the results of a new poll, conducted seven months before the war in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approval rating is only 32 percent. According to the survey of the Israeli Channel 12, among the voters of the governing "Likud" party, that number reaches 35 percent.
Netanyahu's main rival, Benny Gantz, chairman of the National Unity Party, enjoys slightly more support at 35 percent. Among left-center voters, that number reaches 42 percent, Channel 12 testifies.
The country's Defense Minister Yoav Galant, who spoke out against Netanyahu in a video message this week, received a high rating of 43 percent, according to the survey.
Other ministers of Netanyahu's government also received a positive assessment. Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich's support rating is 21 percent, National Security Minister Itaram Ben Gvirin - 28 percent, Transport Minister Miri Regevin - 27 percent.
Opinions about Chief of the General Staff of Tsakhal, Lieutenant General Gertsi Halevi, in the conditions of the ongoing war, differed: 46 percent of respondents rated it positively, 46 percent negatively.
