Share 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 formatSubscribeYashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot in Dimona, last month Credit: Ilan AssayagYashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot in Dimona, last month Credit: Ilan AssayagAugust 04, 2026A new Channel 12 poll published Monday shows Israel's opposition parties winning a combined 60 seats in the next Knesset, one seat short of a majority, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party are tied at 23 seats each.Likud gained one seat compared with the previous poll, while Yashar remained unchanged. Netanyahu's coalition would receive 50 seats. Arab parties would win a combined 10 seats.The poll, conducted by the Midgam polling institute, gives Netanyahu's Likud and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party 23 seats each.The poll projects that Naftali Bennett's Together party would win 14 seats, while the Democrats would receive 10. Yisrael Beiteinu would win nine seats and United Torah Judaism eight.Shas, led by Aryeh Deri, dropped one seat to seven – its lowest showing in recent months. Otzma Yehudit also declined by one seat, to seven, while Religious Zionism remained at five seats.The Arab parties would win a combined 10 seats, with Hadash-Ta'al and the United Arab List receiving five seats each.Channel 12 poll August 3, 2026Yashar 23Likud23Together 14The Democrats10Yisrael Beiteinu9United Torah Judaism8Shas7Otzma Yehudit7Religious Zionism5Hadash-Ta'al5UAL5Zionist Home4Kachol Lavan0Balad0Midgam polling instituteThe poll also gives four seats to the centrist party of former ministers Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper, Zionist Home.The survey shows Kahol Lavan, led by Benny Gantz, and Balad failing to cross the electoral threshold.The poll was conducted by the Midgam Institute, headed by Mano Geva, among 503 respondents through telephone and online surveys. The margin of error was 4.4 percentage points.In the NewsIDF Says It Struck in Southern Lebanon Citing Hezbollah Cease-fire ViolationIsraeli Top Court Freezes Government Funds for Haredim, West Bank SettlementsWas Grandpa a Nazi? New Databases Are Helping Germans Find OutIsrael Critics Win Big in Michigan Primaries, Flop in MissouriIDF Dismisses Right-wing Reservist Amid Political InterventionRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab Emirates'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of CommanderIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. Violence Has Become a Source of JoyEisenkot Keeps Running Away From What Everyone Knows He Believes