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Polls Project Yashar Ahead as Israel Sets Sept. 17 Vote

By Drooid · Oct 12, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC · How we work

Center

Yashar Leads Polls

Israel will hold a general election for its 120-seat Knesset on September 17, 2026.
Polls place Eisenkot’s Yashar party ahead of Likud, with 54% favoring a televised debate between Netanyahu and Eisenkot, 80% of Eisenkot voters supporting it.
The campaign centers on accountability for the Oct 7 Hamas attack, ultra-Orthodox conscription, and Israel’s standing.
KAN poll (Oct 11) projected Yashar 23 seats, Likud 21, B’Yachad 12, Eisenkot bloc 52, Netanyahu 51.

Left

Coalition Against Netanyahu

Israel will hold a general election for the 120-seat Knesset on September 17, 2026.
Analysts say an opposition win is unlikely to improve Palestinians’ situation, leaving them in continued hardship.
Four parties—Yashar, the Democrats, Yisrael Beytenu and Together—have united against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc.
Israel faces corruption allegations and a dispute over ultra-Orthodox conscription.
Foreign governments condemn Israel’s Gaza and Lebanon attacks and settlement expansion illegal under international law.

Blindspot

Foreign governments have condemned Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza and Lebanon and have labeled its settlement expansion illegal under international law, according to analysts cited in the left-leaning source.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

Benjamin Netanyahu first entered Israel’s premiership after the 1996 election that followed Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, when Likud secured 32 of 120 Knesset seats amid a security-driven swing. The September 17 2026 race repeats that right-ward shift, with Likud’s bloc holding 51 seats while the new Yashar party has 23, prompting fresh UN and EU criticism of settlement expansion.

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Yashar Leads Polls

Israel will hold a general election for its 120-seat Knesset on September 17, 2026.
Polls place Eisenkot’s Yashar party ahead of Likud, with 54% favoring a televised debate between Netanyahu and Eisenkot, 80% of Eisenkot voters supporting it.
The campaign centers on accountability for the Oct 7 Hamas attack, ultra-Orthodox conscription, and Israel’s standing.
KAN poll (Oct 11) projected Yashar 23 seats, Likud 21, B’Yachad 12, Eisenkot bloc 52, Netanyahu 51.

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