One can ridicule him, disregard him, mock the dramatic change he has gone through, fill up entire columns about his performance as a self-appointed foreign minister, wandering around the world with all kinds of strange plots. One can criticize him for failing to address controversial issues, for not doing his job as an opposition to the Netanyahu government, or accuse him of flattery towards the ultra-Orthodox.

There can be no dispute, however, about one thing: He must be doing something right. The poll published on Channel 2 News on Tuesday evening is nothing short of sensational: If elections were to be held today, Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid would become the largest party. And if the bill proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to have the leader of the Knesset’s largest faction form the government, is passed – Lapid would be prime minister.

Granted, it’s just a poll and there are no elections on the horizon. And it’s true that Netanyahu is a strong campaigner who is capable of turning the tables. And we can’t ignore the fact that Lapid is mainly benefitting from the fall of Zionist Union Chairman Isaac Herzog. Nonetheless, Netanyahu definitely has cause for concern. A big crack has been discovered in this iceberg that has been leading us for seven years now.

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