Netanyahu’s Ability to Run ’Israel’ Harmed by Probes, Poll Shows
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Fifty-nine percent of the Zionist public believe the criminal investigations of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu damage his ability to run the entity and handle security crises like Saturday's incident on the Syrian border, according to a Smith Research poll taken for The Jerusalem Post.
Only 32% of the 556 respondents representing a statistical sample of the "Israeli" population said the investigations did not harm Netanyahu's functioning in the poll, which was taken on Wednesday, a day after the police announced its recommendation to indict the prime minister for bribery. Nine percent had no opinion.
But among Likud voters, 55% said Netanyahu's functioning has not been harmed and only 35% said they believed it was damaged. Ninety percent of Zionist Union voters and 80% of Yesh Atid voters thought the prime minister's ability to run the entity was harmed.
When asked whether Netanyahu is corrupt, 48% of the respondents said yes, including 28% who said he was very corrupt and 20% who deemed him somewhat corrupt.
Twenty-two percent said he was not corrupt at all and 19% said he was not very corrupt. Eleven percent had no opinion.
When the pollsters asked respondents what Netanyahu should do in the wake of the police recommendations, 47% said he should either quit or suspend himself, 43% said he should continue in his job, and 10% had no opinion.
Nearly half the respondents said the police recommendation would weaken Netanyahu politically, and just 13% said it would strengthen him. Even among Likud voters, 35% said the police's decision would weaken him and 20% said it would strengthen him.
Source: The Jerusalem Post, Edited by website team
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