Netanyahu Keeps Getting Stronger and Nobody Has an Answer, Top Israeli Analyst Warns
Veteran political commentator Attila Somfalvi says the polls tell a clear story that too many in Israel are refusing to read: voters are drifting back to Netanyahu, neither bloc can win outright, and a unity government may be the only way out of the deadlock.
The latest Israeli polling numbers are unsettling the political establishment, and commentator Attila Somfalvi isn't surprised.
Writing on X, the veteran political analyst offered a blunt assessment of what the data actually shows: Likud and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are getting stronger, the drift back to Netanyahu is steady, and the alternatives aren't doing enough to stop it.
"This picture says everything, and it's really not the end," Somfalvi wrote. "The trickle back to Netanyahu continues. Those who left out of disappointment have either returned, or will return."
The polls show neither bloc, right or left, reaching the 61-seat threshold needed to form a government, leaving Israel potentially heading toward another political deadlock. But Somfalvi's concern isn't the deadlock itself, it's that the trends driving it are being ignored.
"This is a months-long trend, yet there are those who still prefer to wave away the polls rather than examine trends, deep currents, sentiment, and alternatives," he said, arguing that left-wing commentators are reaching for easy headlines instead of grappling with the deeper shifts happening among voters over time.
His conclusion was stark. With neither side able to win outright, Somfalvi sees only one realistic outcome, and nobody in Israeli politics wants to say it out loud. "A unity government is the only option, but everyone is insisting on victory and surrender," he wrote.