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Will the Iran war bring Netanyahu a triumph at the polls? | Dahlia Scheindlin on Israeli voters
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09:39 AM • March 20 2026 IST
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09:39 AM • March 20 2026 IST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is getting high marks from the Israeli public regarding his performance leading the country in its war against Iran – but for now, these sentiments are not giving his coalition a significant boost in political polling, according to Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin, speaking on the Haaretz Podcast.
Scheindlin, a Haaretz columnist and political analyst, noted the war's "overwhelming support" among Israeli Jews – reaching over 92 percent.
Despite the "near consensus" supporting the war and high personal approval of Netanyahu as a war leader, she points out, "poll ratings for the Likud and for the coalition government have been flat and stuck at 40 percent, and Netanyahu does not have a majority," which does not bode well for the election scheduled for October.
While support for the war cuts across partisan lines in Israel, despite attitudes towards Netanyahu, Scheindlin says that surveys in the United States paint a different picture.
"If you look at the results of the question: 'Do you approve or disapprove of Trump's handling of Iran?' Scheindlin said, "it basically mirrors his approval ratings in general."
She added that poll numbers point to the fact that the talk of a split among Trump's base – especially "America First" Republicans – may be overly "hyped."
Instead, she observed that U.S. opinion surveys reflected "overwhelming support from Republican voters… close to 80 percent."
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