New Right-Wing Party Threatens to Split Votes from Likud Bloc, Polls Show 7-9 Seats
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First reported by Arutz Sheva · Jul 9, 2026
What happened
Recent polls show the Likud bloc struggling with 50-52 seats as a new right-wing party threatens to siphon 7-9 mandates from it. Analyst Mati Tuchfeld explains that disillusioned right-wing voters reject current coalition parties and Netanyahu, favoring a new party linked to former government figures aiming to return to power. This dynamic complicates the right-wing's electoral prospects ahead of upcoming elections.
- 01Polls show Likud bloc at 50-52 seats, facing challenges from a new right-wing party.
- 027-9 right-wing mandates come from voters rejecting current coalition parties and Netanyahu.
- 03Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are seen as unappealing or too extreme by these voters.
- 04New party appeals to voters disillusioned with existing right-wing options, linked to former government figures.
- 05Netanyahu views the new party as a tactic to divert right-wing votes to a government led by Gadi Eizenkot.
- 06The new party could reshape right-wing voter dynamics ahead of the elections.
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