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Netanyahu Warns Likud Risks Losing Election, Poll Shows

8/27/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Netanyahu said he does not know how to win back Likud seats.
Netanyahu warned Likud could lose the election if conditions stay unchanged.
Channel 13 poll gave Yashar 26 seats ahead of Likud’s 23.
Ofer Winter launched People of Israel party polling five seats and threatening Religious Zionist Party.
A poll showed 44% preferred Defense Minister Yoav Eisenkot over Netanyahu’s 34% support.

History

Historical Context

On May 17 1977, Menachem Begin’s Likud party captured 43 Knesset seats with 31% of the vote, ending Labor’s three-decade rule amid the global détente of the late-1970s and the 1970s energy crisis. The shift mirrored a worldwide pattern of incumbents losing ground, suggesting today’s polls could again unseat Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud.

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Story summary

Netanyahu said he does not know how to win back Likud seats.
Netanyahu warned Likud could lose the election if conditions stay unchanged.
Channel 13 poll gave Yashar 26 seats ahead of Likud’s 23.
Ofer Winter launched People of Israel party polling five seats and threatening Religious Zionist Party.
A poll showed 44% preferred Defense Minister Yoav Eisenkot over Netanyahu’s 34% support.

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