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Eisenkot-led coalition has pathway to 61 seats without Arab parties - poll
The Jerusalem Post • • world
Key Points:
- A Maariv poll indicates that the opposition bloc, led by Yashar's Gadi Eisenkot, could secure a 61-seat Knesset majority if the joint slate of Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha joins, following the People of Israel party's failure to cross the electoral threshold.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition drops to 47 seats, while the Zionist opposition holds 57 seats, with the joint Reservists-Economic Party potentially pushing the opposition majority even without Arab parties.
- Yashar gains two seats to 25, while Naftali Bennett's B'Yachad falls by two to 13 seats; the Arab parties collectively hold 12 seats, with the united Arab list stalled at seven seats.
- The Hendel-Zelekha slate and Amcha Israel are near the electoral threshold, making the overall bloc balance susceptible to change depending on their final results.
- The poll, conducted on September 7-8 with a 15% response rate from a representative sample of 600 respondents, carries a maximum sampling error of 4% and was completed before candidate-list submissions ended, leaving room for further shifts.
