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 formatSubscribeEisenkot at the Knesset in June. Credit: Ilan AssayagEisenkot at the Knesset in June. Credit: Ilan AssayagAugust 11, 2026Updated:August 04, 2026A new Channel 12 poll published Monday projects Israel's opposition parties will win a combined 60 seats in the next Knesset, one seat short of a majority, as former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party holds 24 seats and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud goes down to 22 seats.The anti-Netanyahu bloc is now one seat short of a majority without including Arab parties, according to the poll. The bloc led by Netanyahu remains at 50, according to the poll – ten less than the opposition. The poll also projects that the Together party, the Democrats and Yisrael Beiteinu each gain seats, holding 15, 11, and 10 seats respectively.Channel 12 poll August 11, 2026Yashar 24Likud22Together 15The Democrats11Yisrael Beiteinu10United Torah Judaism8Otzma Yehudit8Shas7Hadash-Ta'al5UAL5Religious Zionism5Otzma Yehudit is strengthening in terms of projected seats and received 8 seats, while United Torah Judaism maintains 8 seats. As predicted in the previous poll, Shas would win seven seats and Religious Zionism would win five. Hadash-Ta'al and the United Arab List are left with five seats each.The poll shows that the centrist party of former ministers Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper, Zionist Home, no longer meets the electoral threshold (2.7 percent), alongside Balad (1.6 percent), Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein's still-unnamed party (1.3 percent), and Blue and White (0.8 percent).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 NewsPoll: Eisenkot-led Opposition Bloc Just One Seat Short of Winning MajorityNetanyahu to Secure Likud Seat for Defense Minister Katz, Shielding From PrimaryTrump's Iran War: Without Strategy, There Is No Path to VictoryFrom Jerusalem to Haifa: 15 Recommended Cafés Open on ShabbatReport: Trump Flew Secretly From Turkey Due to Iranian ThreatRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael's Leading Philosopher on Manipulation, Morality and the Future of Zionism50 Years Ago, a Young Israeli Was Crowned the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldIsrael Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages and Built New BasesHow a Teen, Not a Journalist, Debunked Israel's Gaza 'Voluntary Emigration' Plan'I Saw Pictures of Dead Kids. In the Army They Told Us We Only Kill Terrorists'Who Is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Frontrunner to Become the Next UN Chief?