Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026This is the first poll in which Ofer Winter's Amkha Yisrael party has been surveyed, and it received four Knesset seats. Despite Likud losing one seat, the coalition bloc gained one. Parties seeking to unseat Netanyahu, however, lost two seats in totalShare 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 formatSubscribe07:43 PM • August 31 2026 IDTA poll published Sunday by Israel's public broadcaster predicted that Amkha Yisrael, a newly formed far-right party led by ex-IDF general Ofer Winter, will pass the electoral threshold, winning four Knesset seats.CommentsIn the NewsPoll: New Far-right Party Passes Threshold, Netanyahu Challengers Lose Two SeatsRep. Mike Collins Says Vetting Can't Prevent Staff Antisemitism ScandalsWatching Serbia Mourn War Criminal Mladic Sends a Shiver of FamiliarityNetanyahu Casts Himself as a Shunned Child in Election Ad, His Rivals PounceNetanyahu's Son Angers British Far Right by Backing Argentina's Falklands ClaimRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'Ben-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing VotesIsraeli Leftist Youth Group Plans Kibbutz-style Settlement in West Bank