Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026As in previous polls, opposition parties do not achieve a majority without the Arab parties. According to a Kan 11 News poll, far-right Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit wins 10 seats, making it the fourth-largest partyShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeGadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett, in January 2026. Credit: Oren Ben HakoonGadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett, in January 2026. Credit: Oren Ben Hakoon12:58 PM • June 05 2026 IDTA Channel 12 News poll published on Thursday estimates that if elections were held today, the coalition would win only 51 seats. As in previous polls, opposition parties would win 59 seats and would not achieve a majority without the Arab parties, which together would win 10 seats.The poll also found that Yashar, the new party led by centrist Gadi Eisenkot, would win 19 seats – the highest number it has received in the Channel's 12 polls so far.Channel 12 News PollLikud23Together21Yashar19Democrats10Shas9Yisrael Beiteinu9Otzma Yehudit8United Torah Judaism7Hadash-Ta'al5United Arab List5Religious Zionism4Kahol Lavan0Balad0The Reservists0According to the poll, Netanyahu-led Likud remains the largest party with 23 seats. The Bennett-Lapid Together party and the Democrats each lose one seat, dropping to 21 and 10 seats, respectively. As in the previous Channel 12 poll, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party is expected to pass the electoral threshold with four seats. Shas gained one seat, reaching nine seats – as did Yisrael Beiteinu, which maintained its strength from the previous poll. Itamar Ben-Gvir's party, Otzma Yehudit, remained at eight seats, while United Torah Judaism lost one seat, dropping to seven.Hadash-Ta'al and the United Arab List remain at five seats each. In contrast, Balad remains below the electoral threshold, along with Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz's Kahol Lavan and the Reservists, as in the previous poll.Haaretz Podcast‘There’s a lot of anger at Israel in the Gulf’: Gregg Carlstrom on Lebanon, Gaza and the cease-fire with Iran that feels like war Haaretz Podcast‘There’s a lot of anger at Israel in the Gulf’: Gregg Carlstrom on Lebanon, Gaza and the cease-fire with Iran that feels like war total-- : --time0:00A poll also published on Thursday by public broadcaster Kan estimates that the coalition would win 53 seats, while opposition parties – including the Arab parties with 10 seats – would win 67 seats overall.Kan News PollLikud24Beyahad23Yashar17Otzma Yehudit10Democrats9Yisrael Beiteinu8Shas8United Torah Judaism7Hadash-Ta'al6United Arab List4Religious Zionism4Kahol Lavan0The Reservists0Balad0According to the poll, Likud wins 24 seats, while Bennett and Lapid's party wins 23 seats. The Yashar party comes third with 17 seats.Otzma Yehudit is the fourth-largest party with 10 seats, followed by the Democrats with nine. Yisrael Beiteinu and Shas both receive eight seats, followed by United Torah Judaism and Hadash-Ta'al, with seven and six seats respectively.The United Arab List and Religious Zionism both stand at four seats, while Kahol Lavan, the Reservists, and Balad do not pass the electoral threshold.In the NewsPoll: Eisenkot Party Continues to Rise, Blocs Remain DeadlockedGerman Shipping Company Hires Former IDF Chief to Advance Its Zim AcquisitionSolution to Hezbollah Drones Exists – Is the IDF Ready for the Next Threat?IDF Chief Condemns Far-right MK Visit to Joseph's Tomb Over Diversion of Troops'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over GazaRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?Israel's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report Says'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This'The Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the Start