Poll Shows No Majority for Israeli Coalitions After Gantz Exit
Translated & summarized from Arab48 by baba
A poll indicates that following Benny Gantz's exit from the election race, Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar" party and Naftali Bennett's "BeYachad" list gained seats, while Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud lost one. The survey projects no majority for either the coalition or opposition blocs, with the Zionist opposition needing external support for a minority government. Elections are scheduled for next Tuesday.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Poll shows no Israeli coalition or opposition bloc will achieve a majority to form a government.
- Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar" party and Naftali Bennett's "BeYachad" list gained seats after Benny Gantz's withdrawal.
- Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party lost one seat in the latest election survey.
- The Zionist opposition would need support from outside blocs to form a minority government.
- Knesset elections are scheduled to take place next Tuesday.
A new poll released Tuesday indicates that following Benny Gantz's withdrawal from the Israeli election race, the "Yashar" party led by Gadi Eisenkot and the "BeYachad" list headed by Naftali Bennett have each gained one seat compared to previous surveys. Conversely, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has lost one seat. The poll, published by Walla! news on the eve of next Tuesday's Knesset elections, forecasts the following seat distribution: "Yashar" 23 seats, Likud 19, "BeYachad" 14, "Democrats" 9, "Yisrael Beiteinu" 8, "Otzma Yehudit" 8, Shas 8, the Joint List 8, "United Torah Judaism" 7, "Religious Zionism and Feiglin" 6, the "United List" 6, and "Reservists and Economic" 4 seats.
According to these projections, the Zionist opposition parties would secure 54 seats, coalition parties 49, Arab parties 14, and the "Reservists and Economic" list 4 seats. The results suggest that neither the coalition nor the opposition blocs would achieve a majority needed to form a government. The Zionist opposition would require support from parties outside its bloc, potentially forming a minority government.
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