New Poll Shows Surge for Arab Parties at the Expense of the Right; Gantz Nearly Wiped Out

A new Channel 14 poll released Thursday night presents an updated snapshot of the Israeli political landscape, showing significant shifts across multiple blocs. While the Likud remains dominant, the survey indicates a sharp rise for Arab parties, continued stagnation for Yair Lapid, and an almost complete collapse for Benny Gantz.

According to the poll, if elections were held today, the Likud would retain its strength with 35 seats—unchanged from the previous survey. Naftali Bennett’s party gains one seat, rising to 13. Shas remains stable on 11 seats, followed by Yair Golan’s “Democrats,” which hold steady at 10.

Yisrael Beiteinu slips by one seat to 10, while United Torah Judaism remains unchanged with 8. Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party polls at 7 seats, matching the result for Otzma Yehudit. The Arab Islamist Ra’am party climbs to 6 seats, while Religious Zionism weakens, dropping to 4.

Hadash–Ta’al receives 5 seats. Yesh Atid continues to hover near the electoral threshold with only 4 seats. Blue and White polls at 1.2 seats and Balad at 2.5—both failing to cross the threshold.

Across political blocs, the right-wing camp reaches 65 seats, the left-wing bloc holds 44, and the Arab parties collectively climb to 11 seats.

In the head-to-head question of who is best suited to serve as prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu leads decisively with 53% support. He is followed by Naftali Bennett at 22%. Gadi Eisenkot registers 10%, while Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman each receive 7%. Benny Gantz trails far behind, with just 1% backing him for the premiership.

{Matzav.com}