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Israeli Polls Split on Right-Wing Majority as Likud Gains

Fresh surveys diverge on whether Netanyahu’s allies now control a Knesset majority.

Overview

  • A Channel 14 poll by the Filber Institute reports the right-wing bloc at 65 seats, with Likud on 34 and Netanyahu leading prime ministerial suitability at 52 percent from a 644-respondent sample.
  • A separate Channel 12 survey finds Jewish opposition parties at 70 seats yet still unable to form a government without Arab-party backing, with Likud at 26 and Naftali Bennett’s faction at 23.
  • Channel 12 projects the Joint List at 12 seats and shows several parties near or below the electoral threshold, including Religious Zionism and Blue and White.
  • An earlier Channel 13 survey also showed Likud at 26 and concluded neither bloc reaches the 61-seat majority without Arab-party participation.
  • Across polls, Arab parties are projected at roughly a dozen seats, underscoring their potential kingmaker role even as the surveys differ sharply in scale and coalition implications.