KAN News Poll: Eisenkot Leads Netanyahu, Who Also Loses in Suitability for Prime Minister Question

A KAN News poll published on August 23, 2026 shows that the Yashar! party led by Gadi Eisenkot remains the largest with 24 seats, while Likud under Netanyahu is second with 22. On the question of suitability for prime minister, Netanyahu loses to Eisenkot (35% vs. 41%) and for the first time also to Naftali Bennett (36% vs. 37%). The Eisenkot bloc stands at 57 seats, the Netanyahu bloc weakens to 51.

A KAN News poll published on August 23, 2026 in the news broadcast indicates a political landscape in which the Yashar! party led by Gadi Eisenkot remains the largest party with 24 seats, while Likud under Benjamin Netanyahu is second with 22 seats. On the question of suitability for prime minister, Netanyahu loses to Eisenkot (35% vs. 41%) and for the first time also to chairman of Together Naftali Bennett (36% vs. 37%). Bennett's party remains stable with 14 seats. The Eisenkot bloc stands at 57 seats, the Netanyahu bloc weakens by one seat to 51 seats, and the Arab parties bloc grows to 12 seats following the unification of Hadash-Ta'al and Balad. The Yamin party led by Ofer Winter does not pass the electoral threshold (2.5%), but would pass with five seats if he runs with Netaly Shem Tov, Yosef Haddad, and Lili Deri, at the expense of Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism. New center-right parties, "The Zionist Home - The Reservists" and "HaAchdut," as well as Blue and White, do not pass the electoral threshold. 43% of respondents blamed the Israel Airports Authority Workers' Committee for disruptions at Ben Gurion Airport, and 33% blamed the government. 70% of the total sample gave Transportation Minister Miri Regev a negative grade. The poll was conducted by the Kantar Institute among 552 respondents, with a sampling error of 4.2%+.