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Yashar Leads Polls With 25 Seats, Bennett Edges Netanyahu

By Drooid · Sep 11, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Yashar party leads polls with 25 seats, ahead of Likud’s 19.
Coalition bloc rises to 50 seats after People of Israel clears the threshold.
Naftali Bennett tops prime-minister suitability at 45% versus Netanyahu’s 40%.
Seventy-nine percent say they would remain in Israel even if their party loses power.
Likud named wounded IDF reservist Elisha Medan as a reserved candidate.

History

Historical Context

In 1977, Menachem Begin’s Likud, founded in 1973, captured 43 Knesset seats—the first right-wing victory that ended three decades of Labor dominance and reshaped Israeli politics toward Mizrahi and religious voters. Today the Yashar party tops polls with an estimated 25 seats, while Likud trails at 19 and a prospective coalition reaches the 50-seat threshold needed to govern.

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Story summary

Yashar party leads polls with 25 seats, ahead of Likud’s 19.
Coalition bloc rises to 50 seats after People of Israel clears the threshold.
Naftali Bennett tops prime-minister suitability at 45% versus Netanyahu’s 40%.
Seventy-nine percent say they would remain in Israel even if their party loses power.
Likud named wounded IDF reservist Elisha Medan as a reserved candidate.

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