A new election poll published Tuesday evening by Channel 14 News shows significant gains for right-wing parties in Israel's political landscape, coming immediately after the Likud party held its internal primaries.
According to the survey results, Likud emerges as the largest party with 32 Knesset seats. The "Yesher" party, led by former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, comes in second place with 24 seats. The ultra-Orthodox Shas party would receive 10 seats, while the Democrats party would secure 9 mandates.
Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) shows growth with 8 seats in the poll. Yisrael Beiteinu, led by Avigdor Lieberman, weakens to 7 seats, matching United Torah Judaism's projected total. The Religious Zionism party would receive 6 seats.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's "Yachad" (Together) party registers a sharp decline, dropping to just 6 seats and approaching the electoral threshold of 3.25% required to enter the Knesset. Among Arab parties, Ra'am would gain 6 seats—one more than the previous week—while Hadash-Ta'al would receive 5 mandates. Several parties fall below the threshold, including Balad (2.1%), Zehut (1.1%), Beit Zioni Miluimnikim (1.2%), Gilad Erdan's party (0.1%), Ofer Winter's party (0.9%), and Blue and White (0.4%).
Overall, the right-wing bloc commands a clear majority with 63 seats. The left-wing bloc weakens to 46 mandates, while Arab parties together hold 11 seats.
On the question of suitability for the prime minister position, Benjamin Netanyahu achieves a decisive lead with 55% support. His main challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, receives only 35%, while Naftali Bennett gets 6%, Avigdor Lieberman 3%, and Benny Gantz receives just 1%. In a direct matchup between Netanyahu and Eisenkot, Netanyahu leads 55% to 45%.
