Netanyahu rapidly losing seats in the Knesset - poll
A Zman Yisrael poll shows that Netanyahu's bloc could shrink to 51 seats, while the 'change bloc' gets 55. The largest party is Yashar with 24 seats, Likud gets 22, and Be-Yahad gets 14. Ofer Winter's People of Israel party does not pass the threshold, nor do Gantz's Blue and White and Hendel's reservists' party. Neither bloc reaches 61 seats needed to form a government.
A new poll conducted by Zman Yisrael records a significant shift in the political balance of power in Israel. According to the data, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc could shrink to 51 seats in the Knesset, while the so-called 'change bloc' gets 55 seats. Both figures are below the 61 seats needed to form a government. The largest party according to the poll is Yashar with 24 seats, surpassing Likud, which gets 22 mandates. A week earlier, both parties had 22 seats each. The Be-Yahad party gets 14 mandates. Ofer Winter's People of Israel party does not pass the electoral threshold. Also failing to get the necessary number of votes are Benny Gantz's Blue and White and Yoaz Hendel's reservists' party. Among the Arab parties, the Joint List gets 8 mandates, and Ra'am gets 6. The poll was conducted by Yossi Tatika of Tatika Research & Media in conjunction with the Adgenda panel. The study involved 500 people, with a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points. The headline claims that Netanyahu is 'rapidly losing seats,' but the body of the article discusses a reduction of the bloc to 51 seats, not a loss of seats by Likud itself, which retains 22 mandates.