Do most people in Israel support Bibi or are against Bibi?
Well, that depends which peoples’ opinions you count.
Most Israeli citizens are against Bibi.
Most Jews living in Israel are for Bibi.
Most Zionist Jews are against Bibi.
So, which of those should count? Well, in general, if you’re against Bibi, you care more about what most Israelis think or about what most Zionists think. If you’re for Bibi, Zionist values or Israeli identity is less important to you, and you feel that what most Jews in Israel think is more important.
Still, there are people who are against Bibi, and yet recognize that an enormous number of people have shown that they want him. And there people who are for Bibi, and yet recognize that most Zionist Jews do not support a repeat of the last coalition. Many such people would like to see all this expressed in a broad Zionist government, including Likud, Yashar, B’Yachad, Yisrael Beiteinu, and possibly so-called Religious Zionism and/or the Democrats.
Will that happen? Who knows. But let’s think about what opponents of the current government oppose. It’s usually one or more (and generally all) of the following three aspects:
(A) The wholesale exemption from the charedi community from army service and any civic duties, while giving them tens of billions to perpetuate a lifestyle of freeloading, which severely weakens and will eventually collapse the state;
(B) Creating a coalition with Ben-Gvir and others like him, a man convicted multiple times of terror-related offenses and who was formerly considered beyond the pale (even by Bibi!), and who has dramatically weakened Israel’s international standing (and brought out the Arab vote!).
(C) The general attempt to harm the liberal democratic nature/ rule of law of the country, in particular the attempt to prevent the government from having any checks on its power. (Most people support some degree of judicial reform, but nowhere near to the degree that this government tried to create it.)
Meanwhile, there seem to be several possible future paths:
A broad Zionist government as described above, which gets rid of A, B and C.
A repeat of the last government, achieved by another cycle of repeat elections in which Bibi will almost certainly do better and may eventually gain a majority. This keeps A, B and C intact.
An Eisenkot government which somehow gains support of some combination of Smotrich, charedim, and/or Ra’am (the moderate Arab party). Each of these will enable getting rid of either A, B or C at the expense of keeping the others.
Obviously, for people who want to get rid of A, B and C, the first option is ideal, while the second option is the worst. And so if the first option proves to be out of reach, for whatever reason, then surely option three is preferable to option two.
Some people are presenting option 3 as a “sell-out.” But, if option 1 turns out to be unattainable, then it is the logical preference. Half a loaf is better than none, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, beggars can’t be choosers, don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good, tafasta meruba lo tafasta, etc.!
But isn’t a government with Arabs, even the moderate Raam party, unthinkable? Well, until it became politically expedient for him to say otherwise, Bibi himself didn’t think so!