A new Channel 13 poll published Wednesday evening shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition MK Gadi Eisenkot tied at 23 seats each, with the Tropper-Hendel faction crossing the electoral threshold for the first time at 5 seats and Yisrael Beiteinu rising to 10 seats. The survey repeats the tie at 23 seats from an earlier Channel 13 poll.
The latest Channel 13 poll, published Wednesday evening at 20:37, shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud and opposition MK Gadi Eisenkot's party tied at 23 seats each. The Tropper-Hendel faction crosses the electoral threshold for the first time with 5 seats, and Yisrael Beiteinu strengthens to 10 seats, up from previous surveys.
The new survey repeats the tie at 23 seats between Netanyahu and Eisenkot seen in an earlier Channel 13 poll reported by The Zioneer. That earlier poll also showed Naftali Bennett's party at 13 seats, while today's poll does not include Bennett's numbers.
The results come amid a period of realignment in the opposition. As The Zioneer has previously reported, Eisenkot has overtaken Bennett as the leading opposition figure, with his party closing in on Likud in multiple polls over recent weeks. The Tropper-Hendel faction, which had been polling below the threshold in recent surveys, now appears to have gained traction, while Yisrael Beiteinu's rise strengthens the right-wing opposition bloc.
The polling data is based on a single survey published by Channel 13 and has not yet been independently corroborated. Further details on Bennett's standing and the wider bloc breakdown are not yet available from this poll.
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