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New Poll: Bennett's Party Drops to 7 Seats, Nears Threshold

Golan Israel

By: News

Editor: Golan Israel

12 Av 5786 (26.07.26)

A new Channel 14 poll shows Likud holding steady at 32 seats with the right-wing bloc maintaining 62 seats total, while the Bennett-Lapid joint party weakens to just 7 seats. Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party leads the opposition with 23 seats.


A new Channel 14 poll released Sunday night shows a stable political landscape, with the right-wing bloc maintaining a solid majority of 62 seats. According to the survey, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud continues to lead confidently as Israel’s largest party with 32 seats. The left-center bloc stands at just 48 seats, while Arab parties collectively win ten seats.

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Significant shifts are emerging within the opposition camp. Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party has established itself as the second-largest party with 23 seats, while Naftali Bennett’s party receives only seven seats. The Democrats win 12 seats, Shas gets ten, and Otzma Yehudit stands at eight. United Torah Judaism receives seven seats, Yisrael Beiteinu six, and Religious Zionism, Ra’am, and the Hadash-Ta’al each get five seats.

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On the question of suitability for the prime minister’s office, Netanyahu records a dramatic lead with 52% public support. His main rival in the poll, Eisenkot, receives 37% support. Bennett gets six percent support, Avigdor Lieberman four percent, while Benny Gantz closes the list with a single percentage point. Several parties remain below the electoral threshold, including Hendel and Tropper’s party with 2.1%, Balad with 1.9%, Feiglin’s Zehut with 1.3%, and Blue and White with 0.9%.

The survey was conducted by NEXT DATA with 878 adults from the general population on July 26, 2026. Data analysis: Shlomo Filber.