Israeli Poll: Yesh Atid Leads Likud and Gantz Surpasses Netanyahu

The poll, published by the private Hebrew Channel 13, revealed that the ruling coalition bloc dropped to 51 seats, compared to 52 for the opposition parties, while the Arab parties obtained 13 seats, and the alliance of Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelicha obtained 4 seats.

Forming a government in Israel requires the support of at least 61 out of 120 Knesset members.

According to the poll, Yesh Atid leads the parties with 22 seats if the elections were held today, while Likud remains at 18 seats.

Following them are the Together party led by Naftali Bennett and the Democrats led by Yair Golan with 11 seats each.

The Joint Arab List, Yisrael Beiteinu, and Yahadut HaTorah each obtain 8 seats.

Otzma Yehudit led by Itamar Ben Gvir and Shas each obtain 7 seats, while the Religious Zionism alliance led by Betzalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin obtains 6 seats.

Amecha Israel led by Ofer Winter and the United Arab List each obtain 5 seats.

The poll recorded a surprise by the Hendel and Zelicha alliance surpassing the threshold and obtaining 4 seats, while the Free Haredi party and the Blue and White party led by Benny Gantz failed to surpass it, with the latter obtaining less than 1 percent.

In a question about who is best suited for the premiership, 48 percent chose Eisenkott compared to 36 percent for Netanyahu, while 16 percent said they did not know which one was more suitable for the position.

Regarding the preferred government form after the elections, 31 percent supported a broad unity government, 29 percent preferred an all-right government, 25 percent a government of opposition parties, while the rest of the answers were distributed between other options and lack of knowledge.

The poll included 1,503 people, with a margin of error of 2.5 percent.

Netanyahu has been heading the current government since late December 2022, which is described as the most right-wing in Israel's history.

Netanyahu faces corruption charges, and the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for him on charges of war crimes in the Gaza Strip.