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Yashar! Leads Poll with 25 Seats, Netanyahu Drops to 21

7/23/2026

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Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar! party, leads the Zman Yisrael poll with 25 Knesset seats.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud falls to 21 seats, down ten since the February 28 poll.
Opposition parties would hold 58 seats, coalition 51, and Arab parties 11, meaning the opposition needs Arab support to reach a 61-seat majority.
A July 21 Channel 12 poll gives Yashar! 24 seats and Eisenkot 43 % prime-minister support versus Netanyahu’s 37 %.

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Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar! party, leads the Zman Yisrael poll with 25 Knesset seats.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud falls to 21 seats, down ten since the February 28 poll.
Opposition parties would hold 58 seats, coalition 51, and Arab parties 11, meaning the opposition needs Arab support to reach a 61-seat majority.
A July 21 Channel 12 poll gives Yashar! 24 seats and Eisenkot 43 % prime-minister support versus Netanyahu’s 37 %.