A survey by Israel’s Channel 2 Wednesday night found that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud would win upcoming elections despite police instructions to bring Netanyahu to court over corruption charges.
According to the poll Netanyahu had risen one seat from 25 to 26 and Yesh Atid had fallen by two from 24 to 22 since the last poll taken by the pollsters January 13. Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon’s party rose two seats in the polls from seven to nine.
In the Channel 2 poll 45 percent of the public said Netanyahu should quit and 40% said he should not.
A separate poll taken by Channel 10 found that 50% believe Netanyahu should quit or suspend himself while 42% believe he should continue as normal.
In the Channel 10 poll 34% said they believe Netanyahu’s claim that the police are part of a conspiracy to topple him and 53% said they do not believe the claim.
On Tuesday Netanyahu said he will not step down despite increasing calls to overthrow him on account of his involvement in corruption cases.
