Their concerns was shared by supporters of the right-wing Jewish Home party, which has taken a turn to the far-right since leader Naftali Bennett’s resignation late last year and the faction’s subsequent alliance with the Kahanist Jewish Power party.
Overall, half of Israeli voters said they agreed with the statement: “Because of the many changes that have recently occurred in the party map, it is harder for me than in the past to decide which party to vote for”.
45 per cent of Israeli Arabs surveyed also said they were having greater difficulty deciding who to vote for than in the past.
The Joint List of Israeli Arab parties, which came third in the last election, disbanded earlier this year, leaving two smaller coalitions to choose from.
Recent Israeli opinion polls have broadly shown Benny Gantz’s Blue & White alliance leading Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud, although it remains unclear which leader will be in a better position to form a coalition government after the election.
