Over 40 per cent Israelis blame Prime Minister Netanyahu for snap elections

Over 40 per cent of Israelis blame Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud party, for the necessity to hold snap parliamentary elections, while 18 per cent of respondents believe that Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the leader of Blue and White party, is responsible for that, a fresh poll showed.
Early on Wednesday, the speaker of Israel’s 120-seat unicameral parliament Knesset, Yariv Levin, said that the early parliamentary elections in the country would take place on March 23, 2021. The results of the poll were published hours before the dissolution of the parliament. The number of respondents and margin of error were not mentioned.
According to the poll by Kantar company conducted for Kan broadcaster, 43 per cent of respondents said that Netanyahu was responsible for the fact that Israel will go to polls for the fourth time in two years.
The respondents were also asked who they see as the most suitable candidate for the post of prime minister. As many as 39 per cent of nationals chose the acting prime minister, while 36 per cent would like to see former Interior Minister Gideon Saar, who has recently left Likud and announced the establishment of his own party. A total of 23 per cent named former Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, the leader of the Yamina party.