Poll Shows Anti-Netanyahu Bloc Nearing Majority
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
A new poll suggests a bloc of parties opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could reach a 61-seat majority in the Knesset. The poll shows Yesh Atid leading with 23 seats and Likud with 21. The anti-Netanyahu bloc, including National Unity and lists led by Handel and Zelicha, would total 56 seats, potentially reaching 61 with Ra'am. The Joint List has proposed cooperation with the Gush Eizenkot bloc to unseat Netanyahu.
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- A poll indicates an anti-Netanyahu bloc could achieve a 61-seat majority if parties cooperate.
- Yesh Atid leads with 23 seats, while Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud follows with 21 seats.
- The anti-Netanyahu bloc, excluding Ra'am, is projected to win 56 seats.
- The Joint List proposed cooperation with the Gush Eizenkot bloc to oust Netanyahu.
- Ra'am's inclusion could bring the anti-Netanyahu bloc's total to 61 seats.
- Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism is projected to win 7 seats.
A new poll indicates that a bloc of parties opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could secure a parliamentary majority if they cooperate. The poll results, if elections were held today, show the "Yesh Atid" party leading with 23 seats, followed by Netanyahu's Likud with 21 seats. The "National Unity" party garnered 12 seats, and "The Democrats" received 9.
According to the poll's projections, the bloc of parties opposed to Netanyahu, including "National Unity" and the lists led by Handel and Zelicha (who would pass the electoral threshold), would reach 56 seats. This number could rise to 61 seats, a majority, if they form a coalition or cooperation agreement with the Arab party Ra'am.
Earlier on the evening of the poll's release, the Joint List party approached the "Gush Eizenkot" bloc with a proposal for cooperation aimed at ousting Netanyahu. The Joint List offered legislative support in exchange for a political horizon for Palestinians, a halt to demolitions in Arab towns, and action on Arab crime.
Other parties' projected seat counts include Shas with 8, Otzma Yehudit with 8, the Joint List with 8, Yisrael Beiteinu with 8, Religious Zionism-Identity led by Bezalel Smotrich with 7, United Torah Judaism with 7, and Ra'am with 5. The poll also noted that Ofer Winter's "Am Israel" party did not pass the electoral threshold.
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