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Poll Shows Eisenkot's Yashar Party Overtaking Netanyahu's Likud
(MENAFN) Former Israeli army chief Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party would win the most seats in Israel's parliament — 25 — if elections were held today, edging out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud at 21, according to a poll released Monday.
The survey was conducted by Israeli polling institute Midgam for Channel 12.
Yashar gained one seat since the channel's last poll, putting it ahead of every other party in the 120-member Knesset, while Likud slipped by two seats.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's Together party won 13 seats, down two — its weakest showing yet in the channel's recent polling.
The Democrats, led by former army deputy chief Yair Golan, held steady at 11 seats. Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu fell one seat to eight.
The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, led by Yaakov Asher, also took eight seats, while Aryeh Deri's ultra-Orthodox Shas party secured seven.
A joint list combining the right-wing Religious Zionism and Zehut parties — led by Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin, respectively — was projected to win six seats. Amcha Yisrael, led by Ofer Winter, took four.
Among Arab parties, the Joint List, led by Yousef Jabareen, won seven seats, while Mansour Abbas's United Arab List secured four.
Several parties fell short of the 3.25% electoral threshold needed to enter the Knesset, including Benny Gantz's Blue and White and Avi Maoz's Noam Yisrael.
By bloc, the opposition claimed 68 seats total — 57 from Jewish parties and 11 from Arab parties. Netanyahu's bloc took 52 seats, gaining two after the Smotrich- and Winter-led parties cleared the electoral threshold.
Forming a government in Israel requires backing from at least 61 of the Knesset's 120 members.
Asked who was better suited to serve as prime minister, 42% of respondents named Eisenkot versus 35% for Netanyahu — a seven-point edge for Eisenkot.
The poll lands ahead of Israel's general election, set for Oct. 27. Earlier Monday, parties submitted their candidate lists a day ahead of Tuesday's deadline, amid friction over electoral alliances — most notably Eisenkot's decision not to merge his party with Bennett's. Winter also opted to run independently rather than join Smotrich's alliance.
The survey was conducted by Israeli polling institute Midgam for Channel 12.
Yashar gained one seat since the channel's last poll, putting it ahead of every other party in the 120-member Knesset, while Likud slipped by two seats.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's Together party won 13 seats, down two — its weakest showing yet in the channel's recent polling.
The Democrats, led by former army deputy chief Yair Golan, held steady at 11 seats. Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu fell one seat to eight.
The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, led by Yaakov Asher, also took eight seats, while Aryeh Deri's ultra-Orthodox Shas party secured seven.
A joint list combining the right-wing Religious Zionism and Zehut parties — led by Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin, respectively — was projected to win six seats. Amcha Yisrael, led by Ofer Winter, took four.
Among Arab parties, the Joint List, led by Yousef Jabareen, won seven seats, while Mansour Abbas's United Arab List secured four.
Several parties fell short of the 3.25% electoral threshold needed to enter the Knesset, including Benny Gantz's Blue and White and Avi Maoz's Noam Yisrael.
By bloc, the opposition claimed 68 seats total — 57 from Jewish parties and 11 from Arab parties. Netanyahu's bloc took 52 seats, gaining two after the Smotrich- and Winter-led parties cleared the electoral threshold.
Forming a government in Israel requires backing from at least 61 of the Knesset's 120 members.
Asked who was better suited to serve as prime minister, 42% of respondents named Eisenkot versus 35% for Netanyahu — a seven-point edge for Eisenkot.
The poll lands ahead of Israel's general election, set for Oct. 27. Earlier Monday, parties submitted their candidate lists a day ahead of Tuesday's deadline, amid friction over electoral alliances — most notably Eisenkot's decision not to merge his party with Bennett's. Winter also opted to run independently rather than join Smotrich's alliance.
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