PM thanks outgoing Ambassador Michael Herzog for three year service
Coalition politicians believe his previous term shows he will support the Jewish state
New party led by Naftali Bennett would jump to second place with 21 seats, poll shows
Protests are even smaller than the day before, fewer demonstrators arrested
Leaders of Yesh Atid, National Unity, Democrats and Yisrael Beytenu attack PM Netanyahu
Politics around IDF draft law widely seen as immediate cause - but Netanyahu & Gallant haven't seen eye to eye for a long time