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Gadi Eisenkot Leads Polls, Outpacing Netanyahu’s Likud.

7/10/2026

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Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot topped polls over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud, attracting center-right voters from new parties.
An i24NEWS poll projects Yashar with 21 Knesset seats, Likud with 29, Democrats with ten, and Together, Shas and Yisrael Beytenu each with nine.
52 % of coalition supporters say Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump act in coordination, while 68 % of opposition supporters say each leader pursues his own country's interests.

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Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot topped polls over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud, attracting center-right voters from new parties.
An i24NEWS poll projects Yashar with 21 Knesset seats, Likud with 29, Democrats with ten, and Together, Shas and Yisrael Beytenu each with nine.
52 % of coalition supporters say Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump act in coordination, while 68 % of opposition supporters say each leader pursues his own country's interests.