New Poll Shows Netanyahu Bloc Weakening a Week Before Election
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
A new poll released a week before elections shows Gadi Eisenkot's Yesh! party rising to 23 mandates and Naftali Bennett's Together party reaching 14. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party dropped to 19 mandates. The poll indicates neither the Netanyahu bloc nor the opposition bloc can currently form a majority government, with Netanyahu's bloc at 48 mandates and the opposition at 54.
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- A new poll shows Gadi Eisenkot's Yesh! party surging to 23 mandates, one week before elections.
- Naftali Bennett's Together party also gained a mandate, reaching 14 seats in the latest survey.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party lost a mandate, falling to 19 seats.
- The poll indicates neither the Netanyahu bloc nor the opposition bloc can form a majority government.
- Netanyahu's bloc is projected at 48 mandates, while opposition parties hold 54 mandates.
- Arab parties Ra'am and the Joint List showed shifts, with Ra'am gaining a mandate.
A new poll released Tuesday, one week before elections, indicates a significant shift in the Israeli political landscape. The survey shows a surge for Gadi Eisenkot's Yesh! party, which gains one seat to reach 23 mandates, and Naftali Bennett's Together party, which also strengthens by one seat to 14 mandates. Conversely, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party loses a mandate, dropping to 19 seats.
Other parties also saw shifts in the poll. Yair Golan's Democrats party weakens by one seat to 9 mandates, while Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu loses a mandate and falls to 8. Aryeh Deri's Shas party gains a mandate to reach 8, and United Torah Judaism drops to 7 seats. Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party maintains 8 mandates, and Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin's Religious Zionism-Identity party remains with 6 seats.
Changes were also noted among Arab parties. Mansour Abbas and Yoav Segalovitz's Ra'am party strengthens by one mandate to 6 seats, while the Joint List retains 8 mandates. Zelicha's party passes the electoral threshold with 4 mandates, but Winter's party does not.
The poll highlights a divided political scene, with neither bloc appearing capable of forming a government. Netanyahu's bloc has weakened to 48 mandates, while opposition parties collectively hold 54 mandates. The poll also accounts for four additional mandates for the reservists' and Hendl and Zelicha's economic parties, with the two Arab parties combined reaching 14 mandates.
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