{"id":221601,"date":"2026-09-09T20:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/221601\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:48:13","slug":"in-first-opinion-polls-since-election-slates-closed-pro-netanyahu-bloc-tied-with-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/221601\/","title":{"rendered":"In First Opinion Polls Since Election Slates Closed, pro-Netanyahu Bloc Tied With Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">New polls published Wednesday on the three main television channels in Israel after the parties finished publishing their slates. <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">The polls predict that the bloc led by Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot will not succeed in achieving a Knesset majority if it boycotts the Arab parties.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">On Kan 11 and Channel 13, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s bloc and the Eisenkot bloc are tied, while in the Channel 12 poll, the Eisenkot bloc leads by five seats. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/elections\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Elex HQ banner mobile\" width=\"2122\" height=\"708\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788986893_290_1200x400.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"x1mraiob xxymvpz xt7dq6l x193iq5w xh8yej3\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Likud weakens by two seats according to the Channel 13 poll, and by one seat according to Kan 11. The Yeshar party leads in all three polls. <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Benny Gantz&#8217;s Kachol Lavan party does not pass the electoral threshold in any of the votes, and the Reservists only pass on Kan 11&#8217;s poll.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">The Kan 11 poll predicts that the blocs each win 52 seats. According to the poll, the Reservists party wins four seats, and the Arab parties receive 12 seats. <\/p>\n<p>Kan 11 Poll <\/p>\n<p class=\"xw2lkyn xyi6m4r xlyc7x9 xxu0q5i x1i7tqrm xdc638r\">Press on the parties to form a coalition<\/p>\n<p>Yashar24Likud21Together12The Democrats<br \/>\n9United Torah Judaism8Shas7Otzma Yehudit<br \/>\n7Yisrael Beiteinu<br \/>\n7The Joint List7United Arab List<br \/>\n5Religious Zionism<br \/>\n5Amcha Yisrael4Reservists4Kachol Lavan0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">The Channel 12 poll predicts that the Eisenkot bloc wins 57 seats, compared to the Netanyahu bloc&#8217;s 52 \u2013 the same as in the previous poll published earlier this week. The Arab parties receive 11 seats. <\/p>\n<p>Channel 12 pollYasharLikudTogetherThe DemocratsYisrael BeiteinuUnited Torah JudaismJoint ListShasOtzma YehuditReligious ZionismUALReservistsKahol Lavan<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">The Channel 13 poll predicts that the Netanyahu bloc and the Eisenkot bloc each win 53 seats, while the Arab parties receive 14 seats. <\/p>\n<p>Channel 13 pollYasharLikudTogetherThe DemocratsOtzma YehuditJoint ListUnited Torah JudaismYisrael BeiteinuShasReligious Zionism United Arab ListAmcha YisraelReservistsKahol Lavan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New polls published Wednesday on the three main television channels in Israel after the parties finished publishing their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[16469],"tags":[85633,244,29441,20212,38701,6847,18016,20210],"class_list":["post-221601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-arab-israelis","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-benny-gantz","tag-gadi-eisenkot","tag-israeli-elections","tag-israeli-politics","tag-knesset","tag-likud"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/117243052772157348","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}