Channel 13 Poll: Netanyahu Bloc Drops to 51 Seats as Yashar! Leads
A Channel 13 poll shows the Netanyahu bloc dropping to 51 mandates, while Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! leads with 20 seats. Bennett's Be-Yachad secures 12 mandates, and 54% of respondents oppose draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox parties.
A new Channel 13 poll published on Wednesday projects the Netanyahu bloc at just 51 mandates, dropping from 55 in the previous survey. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party falls by two seats to 18 mandates, while Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! party maintains its lead with 20 mandates. The Eisenkot bloc remains steady at 50 mandates.
Naftali Bennett's Be-Yachad list receives 12 mandates, Yair Golan's The Democrats secure 9 mandates, and Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beytenu also polls at 9 mandates. United Torah Judaism and Itamar Ben Gvir's Otzma Yehudit each take 8 mandates, while Aryeh Deri's Shas holds 7 mandates and Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism sits at 6.
Among Arab parties, the joint list of Hadash and Ta'al polls at 9 mandates, while Mansour Abbas's Ra'am receives 5 mandates. Ofer Winter's new faction crosses the electoral threshold with 4 mandates, alongside the reserve soldiers' economic list led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelecha, which enters the Knesset with 4 mandates after failing to pass in previous surveys. Benny Gantz's Blue and White fails to clear the threshold with 1.2%.
When asked about forming a government with ultra-Orthodox parties in exchange for draft exemptions, 54% of all respondents opposed the move, compared to 30% in favor and 16% undecided. Conversely, among coalition voters, 60% supported establishing a government with the ultra-Orthodox in exchange for draft exemptions, while 21% opposed and 19% were unsure.
