Berkovich Apologizes to Pollster Philber on Air for Election Predictions
Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba
Media personality Eyal Berkovich apologized on air to pollster Shlomo Philber for doubting his election predictions. Berkovich admitted Philber was correct in forecasting a win for the Netanyahu bloc, which his own poll projected at 60 seats. Preliminary results with 70.7% of votes counted show the Netanyahu bloc leading with 54 seats, while the Likud has 27 seats.
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- Eyal Berkovich apologized on air to pollster Shlomo Philber for misjudging election results.
- Berkovich admitted Philber was right and he was wrong about the election outcome.
- Philber's Channel 14 poll predicted 60 seats for the Netanyahu bloc.
- With 70.7% of votes counted, the Netanyahu bloc leads with 54 seats.
- The Likud party has secured 27 seats in the preliminary count.
Israeli media personality and former footballer Eyal Berkovich publicly apologized on Radio 103FM on Wednesday to Channel 14 pollster Shlomo Philber, admitting he was wrong in his election predictions. Berkovich expressed surprise at the election results, stating he had expected Gadi Eisenkot's party to win significantly, but acknowledged the public chose differently. He specifically apologized for doubting Philber's credibility during the election campaign, saying, "Philber was right, I take my hat off to him, I apologize for saying he was lying."
Berkovich's remarks came after Philber's poll for Channel 14, which projected 60 seats for the Netanyahu bloc, was considerably more optimistic for the right-wing than polls from competing channels. Philber's poll indicated the Likud party would receive 30 seats and Eisenkot's Yashar party 19, with the Netanyahu bloc at 60, the "change bloc" at 43, and Arab parties at 17.
As of Wednesday, with 70.7% of votes counted, the preliminary results showed a more moderate picture but still maintained an advantage for the Netanyahu bloc, with 54 seats for the current coalition, 47 for the change bloc, and 19 for Arab parties. The Likud stood at 27 seats and Yashar at 20.
