Mandate Poll: Eisenkot Opens Serious Gap at Top from Likud - Bennett Strengthens

A Channel 12 poll published this evening indicates a shift at the top of the political system: the Yashar party led by Gadi Eisenkot takes first place with 24 seats, after gaining one seat. Likud under Benjamin Netanyahu drops to 22 seats. Bennett strengthens to 15 seats, Golan to 11, Lieberman to 10. The anti-Netanyahu bloc reaches 70 seats, the coalition only 50.

A Channel 12 poll published this evening (Monday) indicates a shift at the top of the political system: the Yashar party led by Gadi Eisenkot takes first place with 24 seats, after gaining one seat compared to the previous poll. Likud under Benjamin Netanyahu drops to 22 seats and remains the second-largest party. In third place is the Together party led by Naftali Bennett, which strengthens to 15 seats. The Democrats led by Yair Golan also rise to 11 seats, while Yisrael Beiteinu led by Avigdor Lieberman rises to 10 seats. Otzma Yehudit led by Itamar Ben-Gvir also strengthens, winning 8 seats according to the poll. In the Haredi parties, no significant change was recorded: United Torah Judaism maintains its strength with 8 seats, and Shas remains with 7 seats. Religious Zionism led by Bezalel Smotrich maintains its strength with 5 seats. At the bottom of the table are the two Arab parties: Hadash-Ta'al receives 5 seats, and so does Ra'am led by Mansour Abbas. Outside the Knesset remain parties seeking to position themselves as an alternative: the party of Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel drops to 2.7%, Balad receives 1.6%, Gilad Ardan's right-wing party 1.3%, and Blue and White of Benny Gantz 0.8% - all below the electoral threshold of 3.25%. In the bloc map, the anti-Netanyahu bloc reaches 70 seats, of which 60 are for the Zionist opposition parties and 10 for the Arab parties, while the coalition parties together reach only 50 seats.