New Poll Shows Arab Parties at Record High, Coalition Bloc Tied with Opposition

A new poll conducted by Lazar Research for Maariv indicates a significant rise for Arab parties, with each gaining one seat to reach a combined total of 14 mandates. Concurrently, the ruling Likud party has seen its support decline, losing two seats and settling at 18 mandates. Despite Likud's drop, the coalition bloc has only decreased by one mandate to 51 seats. This resilience is attributed to the strengthening of United Torah Judaism, which rose to 8 mandates, and the entry of the new "Am Ech Israel" party, led by Ofer Vinter, which passed the electoral threshold with 4 mandates.

The opposition bloc of Zionist parties has also seen its numbers fall to 51 mandates, largely due to the weakening of Yisrael Beiteinu to 8 seats. This results in a complete tie between the coalition and opposition blocs in terms of mandates.

According to the poll, if elections were held today, the "Yesh!" party led by Gadi Eisenkot would be the largest faction with 21 mandates, followed by Likud with 18. Naftali Bennett's "Together" party would receive 13 mandates, and the Democrats 9.

Other parties projected to receive 8 mandates each include Yisrael Beiteinu, Otzma Yehudit, the Joint List, and United Torah Judaism. Shas is projected to win 7 mandates, Religious Zionism and Ra'am 6 each, while "Am Ech Israel" and "HaMiluimnikim VeHaKalkalit" would each secure 4 mandates. Parties falling below the electoral threshold include Blue and White with 1.1% of the vote, Haredi Public with 0.5%, Noam L'Yisrael with 0.5%, and Tzelem Beit Yisrael with 0.2%. The percentage of undecided voters in the poll stands at 5.2%.