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 formatSubscribeיו"ר תע"ל אחמד טיבי ויו"ר חד"ש יוסף ג'בארין בכנסת, במאי Credit: איתי כהןיו"ר תע"ל אחמד טיבי ויו"ר חד"ש יוסף ג'בארין בכנסת, במאי Credit: איתי כהן01:52 AM • August 24 2026 IDTA Kan 11 poll published Sunday evening found that the merger of Hadash-Ta'al and Balad into the Joint List would boost the Arab parties by one seat.Hadash, Ta'al and Balad announced Wednesday that they had reached an agreement to run on a joint slate in the upcoming Knesset election, following lengthy negotiations marked by disagreements over the distribution of seats among the three parties.According to the poll, the Joint List would win seven Knesset seats, while the United Arab List would win five. The current coalition would fall by one seat to 51, while the bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot would remain unchanged at 57 seats.Eisenkot's Yashar party would remain the largest party with 24 seats, up one from the previous poll, while Likud would fall by one to 23.Kan 11 Poll August 23Yashar24Likud22Together14The Democrats10Otzma Yehudit9Yisrael Beiteinu9United Torah Judaism8Shas7Joint List7Religious Zionism5UAL5Naftali Bennett's Together would win 14 seats and the Democrats 10, both unchanged from the previous poll. Otzma Yehudit and Yisrael Beiteinu would each lose one seat, leaving both with nine. United Torah Judaism would win eight seats, Shas seven and Religious Zionism five, with the latter gaining one seat.Several parties would fail to cross the electoral threshold, including Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper's Zionist Home, with 2.8 percent of the vote; Benny Gantz's Blue and White, with 1.8 percent; and Gilad Erdan's Unity, with 1.6 percent. All three also failed to cross the threshold in recent polls.The poll was conducted by the Kantar Institute among 552 respondents and has a margin of error of 4.2 percent.Haaretz Podcast: The New Yorker's David Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaIn the NewsSyria Tells Israel It Won't Limit Military Buildup in Security Deal TalksThe Mass Killing in Gaza Is Not a Series of IDF 'Exceptions' – It's the RuleMossad Chief Meets With Syrian Foreign Minister, Source SaysEx-spy Jonathan Pollard Joins Former Deputy Minister's New Right-wing PartyKatz Orders IDF to Retaliate 'Forcefully' Against Kites Launched From GazaRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaIsraeli Army Orders Criminal Probes Into Killing of Hind Rajab, Gaza MedicsAIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California Progressive