Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Elections 2026Polls by Kan 11 and Channel 13 found that Netanyahu's bloc and the Eisenkot bloc are tied, while Channel 12 gave Eisenkot a five-seat advantage. All three found that the opposition lacks a majority without Arab partiesShare 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 formatSubscribeGadi Eisenkot and Yashar party members after revealing their slate on Tuesday. Credit: Tomer AppelbaumGadi Eisenkot and Yashar party members after revealing their slate on Tuesday. Credit: Tomer Appelbaum11:41 PM • September 09 2026 IDTNew polls published Wednesday on the three main television channels in Israel after the parties finished publishing their slates. The polls predict that the bloc led by Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot will not succeed in achieving a Knesset majority if it boycotts the Arab parties.On Kan 11 and Channel 13, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc and the Eisenkot bloc are tied, while in the Channel 12 poll, the Eisenkot bloc leads by five seats. Likud weakens by two seats according to the Channel 13 poll, and by one seat according to Kan 11. The Yeshar party leads in all three polls. Benny Gantz's Kachol Lavan party does not pass the electoral threshold in any of the votes, and the Reservists only pass on Kan 11's poll.The Kan 11 poll predicts that the blocs each win 52 seats. According to the poll, the Reservists party wins four seats, and the Arab parties receive 12 seats. Kan 11 Poll Press on the parties to form a coalition0The Channel 12 poll predicts that the Eisenkot bloc wins 57 seats, compared to the Netanyahu bloc's 52 – the same as in the previous poll published earlier this week. The Arab parties receive 11 seats. Channel 12 pollYashar25Likud21Together13The Democrats10Yisrael Beiteinu9United Torah Judaism8Joint List7Shas7Otzma Yehudit6Religious Zionism5UAL4Reservists0Kahol Lavan0The Channel 13 poll predicts that the Netanyahu bloc and the Eisenkot bloc each win 53 seats, while the Arab parties receive 14 seats. Channel 13 pollYashar22Likud19Together13The Democrats10Otzma Yehudit9Joint List8United Torah Judaism8Yisrael Beiteinu8Shas7Religious Zionism 6United Arab List6Amcha Yisrael4Reservists0Kahol Lavan0In the NewsIn First Polls Since Slates Closed, pro-Netanyahu Bloc Tied With OppositionWhat It's Like Raising Kids in a Village Constantly Attacked by Violent SettlersEisenkot's Knesset Party Slate Leaves Israel's anti-Netanyahu Bloc ConcernedJohn Malkovich Cancels Israel Performance Over Quotes Falsely Attributed to HimTrump: Iran War Will End 'Immediately' After the U.S. Midterm ElectionRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security ChiefsThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Netanyahu Was Warned About October 7. Will Haaretz's Exposé Change Anything?Netanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 ExposéWater Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of Destruction