New Poll Shows Bennett's Party Collapsing, Netanyahu Bloc Stagnant

A new Israeli public opinion poll released Sunday, just one month before elections, indicates a significant drop for Naftali Bennett's party, while the bloc supporting Benjamin Netanyahu shows no signs of recovery. The survey projects the "Yes!" party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, as the largest single party with 23 seats. The Likud party follows with 21 seats. Bennett's "Together" party is projected to receive 11 seats, a substantial decline. Yair Golan's "Democrats" and Avigdor Lieberman's "Yisrael Beiteinu" are each expected to garner 9 seats. Several other parties, including United Torah Judaism, Shas, Otzma Yehudit, and the Joint List, are projected to win 7 seats each. The Religious Zionism party is forecast to get 6 seats, and Ra'am 5 seats. Two other parties, "Amcha Yisrael" led by Winter and the party led by Zelicha and Handel, are each predicted to secure 4 seats. Notably, the ultra-Orthodox parties, Blue and White, and Noam are projected to fall short of the electoral threshold. The poll indicates a dead heat between the two main political blocs, with each receiving 52 seats. Professor Moshe Cohen Elias commented on the poll's implications, stating it "turns the Netanyahu trial" on its head, though further context on this statement is not provided.