New Poll Shows Gadi Eisenkot Leading in Mandates, Netanyahu Bloc Securing Majority
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
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- Gadi Eisenkot's party leads with 21 mandates in a new poll.
- Netanyahu's bloc is projected to secure a 53-mandate majority.
- Likud follows with 19 mandates, and Naftali Bennett's party gets 14.
- Shas and Otzma Yehudit each receive 8 mandates.
- Ofer Winter's "Am Israel" party is projected to enter the Knesset.
A new poll conducted by the "Maagar Mochot" institute for Channel 16 reveals a shifting political landscape in Israel, with less than a month remaining until election day. The bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu currently holds 53 mandates, slightly ahead of the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot, which has 51 mandates.
Individually, Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party leads the pack with 21 mandates. The Likud party, headed by Netanyahu, follows with 19 mandates, and Naftali Bennett's "Yachad" party secures 14 mandates.
Among religious and right-wing parties, Shas and Otzma Yehudit each garner 8 mandates. United Torah Judaism receives 7 mandates, and Religious Zionism-Identity obtains 6 mandates. Combined, the religious parties reach 15 mandates.
A significant finding is the entry of Ofer Winter's "Am Israel" party into the Knesset with 5 mandates. The Hadel-Zelicha list also surpasses the electoral threshold, securing 4 mandates.
On the left and Arab political spectrum, "HaDemocratim" receives 9 mandates. Yisrael Beiteinu and the Joint List each get 7 mandates, while Ra'am obtains 5 mandates.
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