Netanyahu Receives Polls Showing Tal Gottlieb Could Cost Likud 2-3 Seats

Ahead of the Likud primaries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was presented with polls indicating that placing Tal Gottlieb high on the party list could reduce Likud's Knesset seats by 2 to 3. The surveys suggest Gottlieb is likely to rank in the high twenties on the list. The recommendation given to Netanyahu was to engage with party members to temper their support for her. Netanyahu described the findings as "disturbing" but chose not to intervene, expressing confidence that the party members would make the right decisions during the primaries.