Poll Shows No Majority for Netanyahu or Opposition
Translated & summarized from Arab48 by baba
A Channel 13 poll shows neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor the opposition will achieve a majority to form the next Israeli government, with the opposition leading by one seat. Gadi Eisenkot's Yishai party topped the seat distribution with 20, followed by Likud with 18. Two Arab lists combined are projected to win 15 seats, while the opposition bloc has 51 seats and Netanyahu's bloc has 50.
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- A Channel 13 poll indicates no Israeli bloc will win a majority to form the next government.
- The opposition bloc is projected to win 51 seats, one more than Prime Minister Netanyahu's bloc with 50.
- Gadi Eisenkot's Yishai party leads individual party seat projections with 20 seats.
- Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is projected to receive 18 seats.
- Two Arab political lists are expected to collectively win 15 seats.
- Naftali Bennett's Bayahd party is projected to win 14 seats.
A Channel 13 poll released Monday evening indicates that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor the Zionist opposition will secure a majority to form the next government. The opposition holds a one-seat lead, while two Arab lists together garnered 15 seats.
The Yishai party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, emerged as the largest party with 20 seats, followed by Netanyahu's Likud with 18 seats, and Naftali Bennett's Bayahd party with 14 seats. The Joint List secured nine seats, tied with Yair Golan's Democrats. Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party received eight seats.
Within the current coalition bloc, Aryeh Deri's Shas party, the United Torah Judaism party, Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party, and the Religious Zionism-Zeut list led by Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin each received seven seats.
The poll showed the United List obtaining six seats. Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha's "Reserve Soldiers-Economic" party and Ofer Winter's "Amcha Israel" party each received four seats, successfully passing the 3.25% electoral threshold.
Overall, the Zionist opposition bloc is projected to win 51 seats, compared to 50 seats for Netanyahu's bloc. The two Arab lists are expected to win 15 seats, and the Hendel-Zelekha list, which Channel 13 classifies as outside the main blocs, is projected to win four seats.
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