Polls Show Dramatic Shifts in Israeli Party Map Days Before Election
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
Five days before Israel's 26th Knesset elections, polls show Naftali Bennett's party surging to 15 seats, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has dropped to 19 seats. Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar party remains the largest at 23 seats. Two parties, Amcha Israel and Reserve Soldiers-Economic, are struggling to pass the electoral threshold. The bloc opposing Netanyahu has grown to 69 seats.
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- Naftali Bennett's party has surged to 15 seats, a significant gain days before the election.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has fallen to a new low of 19 seats.
- Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar party remains the largest with 23 seats in the latest polls.
- Two parties, Amcha Israel and Reserve Soldiers-Economic, are at risk of failing to pass the electoral threshold.
- The bloc opposing Netanyahu has strengthened to 69 seats, while his bloc holds 51.
With five days remaining until the 26th Knesset elections, recent polls from Channel 12 News indicate significant shifts in the political landscape. Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's party has seen a notable surge, reaching 15 seats, a level not seen in two months. This marks a dramatic turnaround after a period of decline since his return to politics and the formation of the "Be'ad" party with Yair Lapid, which had previously peaked at 26 seats.
Meanwhile, Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar party remains the largest, consistently leading in polls and showing a double-digit lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in head-to-head matchups for prime minister. However, Yishar saw a slight dip to 23 seats in the latest poll, after previously reaching a high of 25 seats. The Likud party, led by Netanyahu, has fallen to its lowest point in the current election cycle, polling at 19 seats, a significant drop from its peak of 28 seats in March.
Two parties are currently hovering around the electoral threshold. Ofer Winter's Amcha Israel party has crossed the threshold in the latest poll after a series of surveys where it failed to do so, though the danger of not passing it remains. Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelicha's Reserve Soldiers-Economic party is also in jeopardy, having failed to pass the threshold in two consecutive polls, and is currently projected to miss the Knesset.
The bloc opposing Netanyahu has strengthened, now comprising 69 seats, with 55 from Zionist parties and 14 from Arab parties. This is an increase from earlier polls, where the opposition bloc held 67 seats. Netanyahu's bloc currently stands at 51 seats. The overall growth of the opposition bloc over the past month is attributed to the fluctuating performance of Hendel and Zelicha's party.
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