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Yashar projected largest Knesset party, Eisenkot PM lead

9/9/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Yashar party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, is projected as the largest Knesset party.
Polls give Yashar 22-25 seats, while Likud holds 20-21 seats for Netanyahu.
Opposition bloc totals 57 seats and adding Hendel-Zelekha alliance’s four seats reaches a 61-seat majority.
Netanyahu’s bloc forecasts 47-53 seats, below the majority, and 42% favor Eisenkot as PM versus 35% for Netanyahu.

History

Historical Context

On May 17 1977, Menachem Begin’s Likud party won Israel’s national election, ending Labor’s three-decade rule. The victory ushered in a new coalition pattern that showed how fresh parties could reshape the 120-seat Knesset. Today Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar surge echoes that realignment, threatening the Netanyahu bloc and prompting fresh coalition calculations in the current parliamentary landscape.

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Story summary

Yashar party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, is projected as the largest Knesset party.
Polls give Yashar 22-25 seats, while Likud holds 20-21 seats for Netanyahu.
Opposition bloc totals 57 seats and adding Hendel-Zelekha alliance’s four seats reaches a 61-seat majority.
Netanyahu’s bloc forecasts 47-53 seats, below the majority, and 42% favor Eisenkot as PM versus 35% for Netanyahu.

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