Netanyahu Receives Polls Showing Tal Gottlieb Could Cost Likud 2-3 Seats
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
Prime Minister Netanyahu received polls showing that Tal Gottlieb's high placement on the Likud list could cost the party 2-3 Knesset seats, but he decided not to interfere in the primaries.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Polls show Tal Gottlieb's high ranking could reduce Likud's seats by 2-3 mandates.
- Gottlieb is expected to place in the high twenties on the party list.
- Netanyahu was advised to moderate member support for Gottlieb.
- He called the poll results "disturbing."
- Netanyahu chose not to intervene, trusting party members' judgment in the primaries.
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.
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