A new political poll broadcast Thursday evening by Amit Segal on N12 shows Gadi Eisenkot's party surging past Naftali Bennett's and coming within one seat of the Likud, according to the survey. The results extend a rapid realignment in the opposition, where the former IDF chief's party has overtaken the former prime minister's after weeks of rising support.
A voting-intention survey broadcast Thursday evening by journalist Amit Segal on N12 shows Gadi Eisenkot's party overtaking Naftali Bennett's and closing to within a single seat of the Likud — the strongest showing for the former IDF chief in any major Israeli media poll to date. Segal did not release the full seat breakdown in his initial report, but described a 'political upheaval in the opposition' in which the Eisenkot-led faction now surpasses Bennett's party and poses a direct challenge to the Likud's leading position. The results continue a trend tracked across multiple polls in recent days: as The Zioneer has reported, Eisenkot surged past Bennett for the first time in a Kan 11 survey on Tuesday (21 vs 17 seats), while a Channel 13 poll on Wednesday showed Eisenkot at 20 seats to Bennett's 17. The N12 finding, from the same news organization that first detected Eisenkot tying Bennett at 20 seats each on June 11, suggests the gap has now opened decisively. Whether the poll represents a peak for the new party — or a realignment durable enough to reshape the opposition bloc's recommendation calculus — remains to be seen.
2 developments
- StrongN12 poll: Eisenkot extends lead over Bennett to 5 seats, Likud rises to 24
- DevelopingN12 poll: Coalition gains in new survey as Eisenkot widens lead over Bennett
- StrongN12 poll: Likud and Eisenkot tied at 23 seats, Likud gains one
- StrongChannel 13 poll: Eisenkot's party overtakes Likud for first time, Bennett drops two seats
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