Poll: Eisenkot-led opposition bloc just one seat short of winning majority without Arab parties
The opposition bloc leads against Netanyahu's coalition by a margin of 10 seats, with Yashar holding 24 seats, while Likud holds 22
A new poll from Channel 12 predicts Israel's opposition parties will secure a combined 60 seats in the upcoming Knesset, falling one seat short of achieving a majority. The bloc, led by former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party, holds 24 seats, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party drops to 22 seats.
The anti-Netanyahu coalition is currently one seat away from a majority without counting Arab parties. Netanyahu's side maintains 50 seats, 10 fewer than the opposition. Other parties projected to gain seats include Together (15 seats), Democrats (11 seats), and Yisrael Beiteinu (10 seats). Otzma Yehudit is projected to hold 8 seats, and United Torah Judaism remains at 8 seats.
Shas is expected to win seven seats, while Religious Zionism is predicted to take five seats. Hadash-Ta al and the United Arab List are left with five seats each. The poll also notes that former ministers Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper's Zionist Home party, as well as Balad, Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein's unnamed party, and Blue and White, fail to meet the electoral threshold.
The Midgam Institute, led by Mano Geva, conducted the poll among 503 respondents through telephone and online surveys, with a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.
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