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Yashar Leads Poll as Winter Threatens Religious Zionism’s Seat Loss

8/25/2026

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Eisenkot Leads Poll

Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party leads the poll with a projected 24 Knesset seats.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is projected to win 22 seats, two fewer than Yashar.
Ex-IDF Gen. Ofer Winter’s new party is expected to win four seats, pulling voters from Religious Zionism.
Winter’s entry would drop Religious Zionism below the electoral threshold, eliminating its four seats.

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Eisenkot Targets Draft

Gadi Eisenkot (former IDF chief) vows to end the blanket exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from Israel’s military draft.
A minority government with 58 or 59 MKs would hold roughly 49 percent of the electorate.
Eisenkot’s son Gal was killed by an explosive device while retrieving hostages’ remains, shaping his campaign resolve.

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Eisenkot Leads Poll

Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party leads the poll with a projected 24 Knesset seats.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is projected to win 22 seats, two fewer than Yashar.
Ex-IDF Gen. Ofer Winter’s new party is expected to win four seats, pulling voters from Religious Zionism.
Winter’s entry would drop Religious Zionism below the electoral threshold, eliminating its four seats.

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