New Poll Shows Arab Parties Winning 13 Knesset Seats, New Party Fails Threshold
Translated & summarized from Alarab by baba
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- Arab parties collectively projected to win 13 Knesset seats in new poll.
- Joint List expected to secure 8 seats, United Arab List 5 seats.
- New party "Amcha Israel" with Yusuf Haddad fails to pass threshold.
- Poll shows "Eisenkot bloc" with 52 seats, "Netanyahu bloc" with 51.
- "Yashar!" leads individual parties with 23 seats, Likud second with 21.
A new opinion poll conducted by Kan 11 News and released on October 4, 2026, projects that Arab parties will collectively win 13 seats in the Israeli Knesset. The survey, which included 554 respondents and was conducted by the Kantar Institute, detailed the expected distribution, with the Joint List securing 8 seats and the United Arab List (Ra'am) obtaining 5 seats.
The poll also indicated that the "Amcha Israel" party, which is running with the participation of Yusuf Haddad, failed to surpass the electoral threshold and will not win any seats. This suggests the party will be absent from the next Knesset.
On a broader scale, the poll showed the "Eisenkot bloc" garnering 52 seats and the "Netanyahu bloc" securing 51 seats. Among individual parties, "Yashar!" emerged as the largest with 23 seats, followed by the Likud with 21 seats, and "Behad" with 12 seats. The "Hendl and Zleikha" alliance was projected to win 4 seats.
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