Poll Shows Arab Parties Could Win 15 Knesset Seats in 2026
Translated & summarized from Alarab by baba
A Channel 13 poll forecasts Arab parties winning a combined 15 seats in the 2026 Israeli Knesset elections. The Joint List is projected to get 9 seats and the United Arab List 6 seats. This bloc would form a significant independent force. Benny Gantz's party leads with 20 seats, followed by Likud with 19.
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- Arab parties could win 15 Knesset seats in the 2026 elections, according to a Channel 13 poll.
- The Joint List is projected to win 9 seats, and the United Arab List 6 seats.
- These 15 seats would make Arab parties a significant independent political force.
- Benny Gantz's party leads the poll with 20 seats, followed by Likud with 19.
- The opposition bloc is projected to have 52 seats, and the coalition bloc 49 seats.
A new poll by Israel's Channel 13 indicates that Arab parties could collectively secure 15 seats in the Knesset in the 2026 elections. The survey projects the Joint List, led by Ayman Odeh, to win 9 seats, while the United Arab List, headed by Mansour Abbas, is expected to gain 6 seats. With these 15 seats, Arab parties would represent a significant independent force in the political landscape. The poll also showed the opposition bloc with 52 seats and the coalition bloc with 49 seats, while the "Handel-Zelicha" list would receive 4 seats. Among other parties, Benny Gantz's party is projected to lead with 20 seats, followed by Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party with 19 seats. The "Together" list (Behad) is expected to win 14 seats, and the "Democrats" party 10 seats. Several other parties, including Shas, Otzma Yehudit, Yisrael Beiteinu, United Torah Judaism, and the Religious Zionism and Identity parties, are predicted to each win between 7 and 8 seats.
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