Gadi Eizenkot's Yashar! Leads With 24 Seats as Ofer Winter's New Party Enters Knesset
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
A new poll shows Gadi Eizenkot's Yashar! party leading with 24 seats, while Ofer Winter's new party enters the Knesset with 4 seats, pushing Likud down to 21. Netanyahu's coalition holds 49 seats versus 60 for the opposition bloc.
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- Gadi Eizenkot's Yashar! leads with 24 Knesset seats in new poll.
- Ofer Winter's new party crosses threshold with 4 seats, altering right-wing balance.
- Likud drops to 21 seats, trailing Yashar! by three mandates.
- Naftali Bennett's Yachdav rises to 16 seats; Democrats stable at 11.
- Ultra-Orthodox parties and Otzma Yehudit maintain or increase seats.
- Several parties, including Smotrich's Religious Zionism, fall below threshold.
A new political poll by Madgam, published on August 26 by Channel 12, shows Gadi Eizenkot's party Yashar! leading with 24 Knesset seats. The survey tested a scenario where Ofer Winter forms a new party, which is projected to pass the electoral threshold with 4 seats, reshaping the right-wing political landscape. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party falls to 21 seats, trailing Yashar! by three mandates.
Naftali Bennett's party, Yachdav, continues to recover, rising to 16 seats. The Democrats, led by Yair Golan, maintain 11 seats, while Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu declines to 9 seats. Among the ultra-Orthodox parties, United Torah Judaism holds steady at 8 seats, Shas remains at 7, and Otzma Yehudit, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, gains 9 seats.
The Arab parties receive a combined total of 11 seats, with the United Arab List (Ra'am) led by Mansour Abbas securing 4 seats. Several parties, including Beit Tzioni-Hamiluimnikim, Religious Zionism under Bezalel Smotrich, the Unity Party led by Gilad Erdan, Balad, and Blue and White under Benny Gantz, fail to cross the electoral threshold.
The poll indicates Netanyahu's coalition would hold only 49 seats, while the opposition bloc reaches 60 seats, highlighting a significant shift in parliamentary power dynamics ahead of upcoming elections.
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