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Exit Polls Show Netanyahu Likud, Eisenkot Yashar Deadlock

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026, 10:40 UTC · How we work

Same facts. Different interpretations.

How coverage differs

Center

Israel held an election on October 25, 2026, with exit polls showing a deadlock between Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud bloc and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir accused Netanyahu of planning a unity government that would sideline him, alleging U.S. involvement, which Ambassador Mike Huckabee denied.
Exit polls gave Likud about 27 seats, Yashar roughly 22.
Yashar claimed Netanyahu-police commissioner meeting aimed to fake election-integrity concerns.

Right

Israel held a general election on October 25, 2026, with exit polls showing a deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud bloc and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party.
Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir warned that a unity government would jeopardize Israel’s Jewish character, touting his death-penalty law and new National Guard as essential safeguards.
Ben-Gvir vowed not to retreat from his security and Jewish-identity stance.
He cited hiring more police officers as another accomplishment.

Blindspot

Ben Gvir said his government passed a death-penalty law for terrorists, a measure he highlighted as fulfilling a key election promise and strengthening Israel’s security.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Right-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

History

On 17 May 1977 Israel’s ninth Knesset election gave the newly formed Likud 43 seats (31 % of the vote), ending three decades of Alignment rule in the “Mahapakh”. Menachem Begin formed a 61-seat coalition with the National Religious Party and Agudat Yisrael, moving power to Mizrahi and religious voters and hard-line security policies. The October 25 2026 deadlock between Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud bloc and Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar mirrors that shift.

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Ben Gvir Accuses US

Israel held an election on October 25, 2026, with exit polls showing a deadlock between Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud bloc and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir accused Netanyahu of planning a unity government that would sideline him, alleging U.S. involvement, which Ambassador Mike Huckabee denied.
Exit polls gave Likud about 27 seats, Yashar roughly 22.
Yashar claimed Netanyahu-police commissioner meeting aimed to fake election-integrity concerns.

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