Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Parties outside the coalition – including the 'broad Zionist' party recently founded by Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel – would win 72 seats, or 62 excluding Arab parties. However, Tropper and Hendel have not ruled out joining a Netanyahu-led governmentShare 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 formatSubscribeHaaretz10:54 PM • July 17 2026 IDTA new poll published Friday by Israeli newspaper Maariv predicts that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition would win a mere 48 seats in the upcoming election, marking the lowest polling yet for the governing bloc.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:ShasLikudGadi EisenkotYair LapidIsraeli electionsArab IsraelisBenjamin NetanyahuTogetherCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesStrait of HormuzU.S.-IranIsraeli SurveillanceNetanyahuMaine DemocratsIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNew Poll Puts Netanyahu Bloc at Lowest Point YetTrapped in Gaza, a Young Doctor Documents Life Between Survival and DeathAn Israeli Doesn't Know Who Rabin Was? Our Haredi Schools Made It HappenIsraeli Spyware in Morocco, French Targets and NSO Founder's Diplomatic PassportIDF Opened Dozens of Probes Into Deaths of Detained Gazans. No One Was ChargedRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteEisenkot Is Quietly Gaining Ground in Likud Territory. Enough to Beat Netanyahu?Ro Khanna, U.S. Lawmaker & Israel Critic, Says West Bank Settlers 'Detained' HimI Joined Rep. Ro Khanna on His West Bank Visit. Here's What I Saw