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Poll Shows Eisenkot Leading Netanyahu, Neither Bloc Nearing Majority
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A new Walla! poll shows Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party leading Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud by four seats, with elections just a week away. Neither Netanyahu's bloc nor the opposition bloc is projected to reach the 61 seats needed for a majority. The poll indicates potential kingmaker roles for smaller parties like Yoaz Hendel's Reservists-Economic Party, which maintained four seats.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party leads Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud by 23 to 19 seats in a new poll.
- Neither Netanyahu's bloc (48 seats) nor the opposition bloc (54 seats) is projected to reach a 61-seat majority.
- Yoaz Hendel's party, with four seats, could become a kingmaker in forming the next government.
- Naftali Bennett's Together party is polling at 14 seats, becoming the third-largest faction.
- Ofer Winter's Amcha Yisrael party failed to pass the electoral threshold in the poll.
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