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Poll Shows Narrow Likud Lead as Netanyahu Regains Ground, Bennett Slips
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50% centerFirst reported by Walla · 12 hours ago
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What happened
A Maariv poll gives Likud 22 seats, just ahead of Gideon Eisenkot’s Yashar! on 21 and Naftali Bennett’s Yachad! on 18. In bloc terms, Netanyahu’s camp reaches 50 seats and the anti-Netanyahu camp 60, while a Bennett-Eisenkot merger would weaken the opposition’s prospects.
- 01Likud leads with 22 seats, only one ahead of Yashar! and three ahead of Bennett.
- 02Netanyahu’s bloc is stuck at 50 seats, while the anti-Netanyahu bloc reaches 60.
- 03A Bennett-Eisenkot merger would win 33 seats, six fewer than running separately.
- 04The merger would lower the opposition bloc to 58 seats and raise Netanyahu’s to 52.
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OrganizationsLikud, Yashar!, Yachad!, Yisrael Beiteinu, The Democrats, Otzma Yehudit, Shas, United Torah Judaism
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