The survey shows no change in the respective blocs compared to a poll conducted last month, with the opposition remaining on 71 seats out of the Knesset's 120. The Likud party would get 24 seats in all scenarios examined – three fewer seats than last month's poll, when Israel was waging war against Iran
Opposition MK and former IDF chief Benny Gantz's Blue and White party would fail to cross the electoral threshold if elections were held today, according to a poll by Israel's Channel 12 News published on Sunday.
The poll offered three scenarios. In one, Gantz's former ally and fellow ex-IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot establishes a new political party, and in another, Eisenkot joins former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's new political party. According to the poll, the opposition would receive 71 seats in the first scenario and 70 in the second.
A third scenario examined the formation of a new party formed by reservists involved in anti-government protests, showing that they would get five seats, mainly at the expense of other opposition parties.
The Likud party, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would remain the largest party in the first scenario, receiving 24 seats – three fewer seats than Channel 12's poll a month ago, when Israel was waging war with Iran. Bennett's party would come second in with 20 seats, followed by Eisenkot's party with 12 seats.
