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Channel 14 Poll Projects Right-Wing Majority in Israel as Netanyahu Tops PM Preference

A Channel 14 survey by pollster Shlomo Filber finds a 66-seat right-wing bloc from 736 respondents.

Overview

  • The right-wing bloc would secure 66 Knesset seats, compared with 44 for the left-wing bloc and 10 for Arab parties.
  • Likud is projected at 35 seats, with Shas and Naftali Bennett’s party at 11 each, The Democrats at 10, Yisrael Beytenu at 9, and United Torah Judaism and Yesh Atid at 8 each.
  • Otzma Yehudit is estimated at 7 seats, while Ra’am, Hadash–Ta’al, and Religious Zionism register 5 each, and Balad and Blue and White fall below the threshold.
  • In direct prime minister preference, Benjamin Netanyahu leads with 54%, followed by Naftali Bennett at 23%, Gadi Eisenkot at 12%, Yair Lapid and Avigdor Lieberman at 5% each, and Benny Gantz at 1%.
  • The results were reported on Channel 14’s main news edition and are described as an ‘if elections were held today’ snapshot based on a single representative poll of 736 respondents.