New Poll Shows Stable Blocs, Minor Shifts Within Parties

A new poll released Monday by Channel 14 indicates a stable political landscape in Israel, with the right-wing bloc maintaining 63 seats and the left-wing bloc holding 45 seats. Arab parties collectively garnered 12 seats. Despite the overall bloc stability, internal party shifts were observed.

The Likud party saw a decrease of one seat, now polling at 31. The National Unity party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, also dropped one seat to 21. Shas lost a seat, falling to 10 seats. The Democratic party remained at 9 seats, while the "Achva" party, led by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, gained two seats to reach 9.

Religious parties showed gains, with United Torah Judaism increasing by one seat to 8, and Otzma Yehudit rising by one seat to 7. Religious Zionism and Identity (Feiglin) held steady at 7 seats. The Joint List also remained unchanged with 7 seats.

Other parties experienced declines: Yisrael Beiteinu weakened by one seat to 6, and Ra'am held at 5 seats. Parties below the electoral threshold included "HaMiluimnikim-Heklalit" with 2.1%, "Amcha Israel" with 1.6%, "Blue and White" with 0.6%, "HaTzibur HaHaredi" with 0.2%, and "Noam" with 0.2%.

In a separate question regarding suitability for Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu saw a one-point increase to 53%. Gadi Eisenkot dropped two points to 32%, Naftali Bennett fell one point to 10%, and Avigdor Lieberman gained two points to 5%. In a head-to-head comparison between Netanyahu and Eisenkot, Netanyahu secured 54% of the vote compared to Eisenkot's 46%, a slight increase for Netanyahu and a decrease for Eisenkot from the previous poll.

The survey was conducted on September 28, 2026, by NEXT DATA, with 573 adult participants. Shlomo Filber analyzed the data.