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Among Netanyahu voters, 93% said they would like former President Donald Trump to win over only 1% for Vice President Kamala Harris.
By: JNS.org
An overwhelming number of Israelis (66%) prefer Republican presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump over Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, according to a Channel 12 News poll the findings of which were revealed on Monday.
The survey, conducted a week before the U.S. election, found only 17% of Israelis choose Harris, while another 17% had no preference.
Among voters for coalition parties, 93% chose Trump and only 1% Harris.
The results are nearly the reverse of those from a Sept. 9 poll by the Jewish Democratic Council of America, which found that 68% of U.S. Jews favor Harris with only 25% selecting Trump.
Israel is not a top priority for American Jews, according to the JDCA poll, falling behind democracy, abortion, the economy, climate change, national security, antisemitism, immigration and healthcare in a ranking of issues.
The Israeli Channel 12 survey also found that, were elections to be held in Israel today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party would win 26 Knesset seats while Benny Gantz’s opposition National Unity Party would win 22.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party was projected to win 13 seats, as was Avigdor Lieberman’s Israel Beiteinu Party.
In terms of ability to form a governing coalition, the opposition was projected to win 68 mandates and the coalition 52. The opposition numbers include the Arab party Hadash-Ta’al.
Contrary to previous polls, the Channel 12 survey found that the opposition would only succeed in forming a government with the help of an Arab party (either the United Arab List or Hadash-Ta’al).
The poll was conducted by Midgam on Oct. 28, among 507 adults over the age of 18.
In other news, JNS also reported on Tuesday that Five more Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed fighting in the northern Gaza Strip and Southern Lebanon, the army said Tuesday.
The soldiers killed in Gaza were identified as Cpt. Yehonatan Joni Keren, 22, from Moledet; Staff Sgt. Nisim Meytal, 20, from Hadera; Staff Sgt. Aviv Gilboa, 21, from Neve Tzuf; and Staff Sgt. Naor Haimov, 22, from Rosh Ha’ayin. All four served in the IDF’s elite Multidimensional Unit.
An officer in the unit was seriously wounded in the incident that killed the four.
On Tuesday night, the IDF announced that Master Sgt. (res.) Yedidia Bloch, 31, from Mevo Horon, died of serious wounds he sustained late last week while fighting Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon. Bloch served in the Battalion 7155 of the 55th Paratroopers Brigade.
On Monday night, an IDF soldier wounded in the northern Gaza Strip earlier this month succumbed to his wounds, the army announced.
Maj. Guy Yaacov Nezri, 25, of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 52nd Battalion, from Atlit, was seriously hurt in Jabalia on Oct. 19.
The IDF death toll in Gaza since the start of the ground operation there on Oct. 27, 2023, stands at 365, while the figure on all fronts since Oct. 7, 2023 is 777.
Additionally, Ch. Insp. Arnon Zamora, a member of the Border Police’s Yamam National Counter-Terrorism Unit, was fatally wounded during a hostage rescue mission in Gaza in June, and civilian defense contractor Liron Yitzhak was mortally wounded in the Strip in May.
Also on Tuesday, JNS reported that Hezbollah elected its deputy secretary general Naim Qassem to replace secretary general Hassan Nasrallah. (JNS.org)
