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Reserve Brigadier General Ofer Winter’s New Party Could Win Four Knesset Seats, Impacting Right-Wing Bloc

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First reported by Srugim · 23 hours ago

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A new poll shows that if Reserve Brigadier General Ofer Winter forms a party, it could win four Knesset seats, reducing right-wing parties' mandates. Without Winter, Yashar leads with 23 seats, closely followed by Likud with 22. The opposition holds a slight majority over the coalition, with some parties failing to cross the electoral threshold.

01Ofer Winter’s new party could enter the Knesset with four seats, surpassing the electoral threshold.
02Winter’s candidacy reduces Likud’s seats from 22 to 21, Otzma Yehudit from 9 to 7, and Religious Zionism from 5 to 4.
03Without Winter, Yashar leads with 23 seats, followed by Likud with 22 and Beyachad with 13.
04Opposition bloc holds 56 seats, coalition 51, and Arab parties 13 in the poll.
05Parties like Zehut, Blue and White, and Unity remain below the electoral threshold.
06Winter’s entry mainly impacts right-wing parties; other parties and blocs remain stable.

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