Petition against Channel 14 polls: "Biased questions and lack of transparency"

The Academy for a Democratic Israel filed a petition with the chairman of the Central Elections Committee against the polling company Next Data and Channel 14, alleging numerical discrepancies, questions biased in favor of Benjamin Netanyahu and against Gadi Eisenkot, and a lack of transparency in the calculation method of the polls published by the company.

The Academy for a Democratic Israel filed a petition with the chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Solberg, against the polling company Next Data and Channel 14. The petition relates to two polls conducted by Next Data for the channel on August 27 and September 23, 2026, and demands that the company be required to disclose full data. The main allegations include questions worded in a way that may bias respondents in favor of Benjamin Netanyahu and against Gadi Eisenkot, numerical discrepancies between the sample size and the number of respondents, a lack of transparency in the method of calculating results and handling undecided voters, and contradictions in the reported response rates. The petition is supported by expert opinions in statistics, public opinion research, and voter behavior.