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Ongoing Story· Day 15

New Poll Shows Arab Parties Winning 13 Knesset Seats, New Party Fails Threshold

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AlarabPolitics

Israeli Poll Shows Yishar Party Leading Likud, Arab Parties Garner 13 Seats

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A poll by Israel's Kan channel shows Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar party leading Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party with 23 seats to 21. Arab parties collectively are projected to win 13 seats, with the United Arab List receiving 5. The survey included 554 participants and was conducted by the Kantar Institute.

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  • Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar party leads Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party with 23 seats to 21 in a new poll.
  • Arab parties collectively are projected to win 13 seats in the poll.
  • The United Arab List is expected to secure 5 seats, while the Joint List received 8.
  • The poll was conducted by the Kantar Institute with 554 participants.
  • Eisenkot's bloc is projected to win 52 seats, one more than Netanyahu's bloc.
Israeli Poll Shows Yishar Party Leading Likud, Arab Parties Garner 13 Seats
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A new poll released by Israel's Kan channel on October 18 indicates that the Yishar party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, would secure 23 seats in the Knesset, surpassing the Likud party, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, which garnered 21 seats. The survey, conducted by the Kantar Institute with 554 participants, projected the Yahad party with 12 seats and the Democrats with 9 seats.

Other parties included in the poll results were Oztma Yehudit, the Joint List, Yisrael Beiteinu, and Shas, each expected to win 8 seats. The Religious Zionism and United Torah Judaism parties were projected to receive 7 seats each. The United Arab List secured 5 seats, while the Handel-Zalicha alliance obtained 4 seats.

In terms of political blocs, Eisenkot's bloc was projected to win 52 seats, one seat ahead of Netanyahu's bloc, which was estimated to receive 51 seats. Collectively, Arab parties were expected to win 13 seats, with the Handel-Zalicha alliance holding 4 seats.

AlarabArab · Nazareth

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