The Zionist, anti-Netanyahu bloc in the Knesset would be one mandate short of a majority if elections were held today, a poll shows.
A weekly survey published yesterday by Zman Yisrael, The Times of Israel’s Hebrew-language sister-site, showed the parties that make up the current coalition winning just 50 seats, while Arab parties would win 10, in the 120-seat Knesset.
The biggest party would remain Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud, with 26 seats. The Haredi parties Shas and United Torah Judaism would win 10 and eight seats, respectively, while far-right Otzma Yehudit would win six. Religious Zionism would not pass the electoral threshold.
Among the Arab parties, Ra’am and Hadash Ta’al would each win five seats. Balad would not pass the electoral threshold, according to the poll.
The remaining 60 seats would go to Zionist opposition parties, the largest being former prime minister Naftali Bennett’s party (using the interim name “Bennett 2026”), with 20 seats.
Left-wing The Democrats, centrist Yesh Atid, and hawkish Yisrael Beytenu would each win 10; Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar would win six; and ‘The Reservists’ — a new party rallying opposition to draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students — would win four. Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party would not pass the electoral threshold.
These results would not allow the current coalition to form a government, nor would they allow the Zionist opposition bloc to form a government without partnering with an Arab party, the survey showed.
The Zman poll was conducted December 17-18, with 500 respondents. Its margin of error is 4.4 percent.
Source: Israeli meida (edited by Al-Manar)