Opposition ahead of Netanyahu coalition in Israel

According to the latest public opinion poll published two weeks before the general elections to be held in Israel on October 27, the opposition bloc against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached 67 seats in the 120-seat parliament and was clearly ahead of the ruling coalition.

According to the poll published on Israel's Channel 12 television, parties in the anti-Netanyahu bloc won 67 of the 120 seats in the parliament (Knesset).

In the distribution of seats in the opposition bloc, 54 were from Zionist parties and 13 were from parties of Israeli Palestinians.

While the number of seats of the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Netanyahu remained at 49, the formation described as the "third camp" won 4 seats.

The maximum margin of error of the survey, which was conducted on October 12 with a representative sample group of 509 people aged 18 and over, was announced as 4.4 percent.

YASHAR PARTICI COMES FIRST

In the party-based distribution in the survey, the "Yashar" Party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, came first by winning 23 seats.

The Likud Party, led by Netanyahu, lost 1 seat compared to the previous poll and remained at 20 seats.

While the Together Party, led by former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, maintained its position with 13 seats, the "Democrats" led by Yair Golan and the "Israel Our Home" parties led by Avigdor Lieberman gained nine seats each.

While the "Joint List" led by Yusuf Cebbarin, one of the parties of Palestinian Israeli citizens, won 8 seats, the ultra-orthodox Jewish (Haredi) party "Shas" led by Aryeh Deri and the far-right "Jewish Power" parties led by Itamar Ben-Gvir also reached 8 seats each.

"United Torah Judaism" led by Yakov Asher won 7 seats, while the "Religious Zionism and Identity" alliance led by Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin won 6 seats.

The "United Arab List" (Ra'am) led by Mansur Abbas gained 5 seats.

Thus, the total number of parliamentary representations of Palestinian Israeli citizens reached 13.

The "Reserve Soldiers - Economist" list, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, was the other group that entered the parliament with 4 seats.

- Eisenkot makes the difference in the Prime Minister's race

"Who is the most suitable name for the Prime Minister's seat?" In the answers to the question, Gadi Eisenkot had an advantage over Netanyahu with 45 percent to 35 percent.

It was noteworthy that the difference, which was 3 points in the previous survey, increased to 10 points.

Naftali Bennett also gained a 1-point advantage over Netanyahu, with 37 percent to 36 percent.

Although Netanyahu had a 35 percent to 27 percent advantage over Avigdor Lieberman, it was stated that the difference between them narrowed to 8 points from 17 points in the previous poll.

In the news of Channel 12, it was noted that the rate of undecided voters was 8 percent.

Netanyahu has been the prime minister of the coalition described as the "most right-wing government" in Israeli history since December 2022.

In order to form a government in Israel, the support of at least 61 members of parliament is required.