Israeli election poll: Opposition maintains majority, Benjamin Netanyahu lags behind
The Jerusalem Post • • world
Key Points:
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition holds 49 seats, while the opposition maintains a stable 61-seat majority for the third consecutive week, according to a Maariv poll conducted shortly after ceasefires with Iran and Lebanon.
- The poll shows little change in party standings since the outbreak of the Iran war, with Likud steady at 25 seats and Bennett 2026 stable at 24 seats; however, Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar! party lost one seat to the Democrats.
- In head-to-head matchups for prime minister suitability, Netanyahu leads narrowly over former PM Naftali Bennett (43% to 41%) and more comfortably over Eisenkot (45% to 38%).
- Public opinion favors limited Supreme Court intervention in government minister appointments, with 46% opposing such involvement versus 36% supporting it; 62% of respondents expect renewed conflict with Iran soon.
- Views on Lebanon are split evenly, with 37% believing a peace agreement is possible, 37% disagreeing, and 26% undecided; the poll surveyed 500 adults with a 4.4% margin of error.
