Israeli Opposition Leads Netanyahu in Latest Tel Aviv Poll

According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, results from a survey by Israel’s Channel 12 Television reveal that the Israeli opposition is projected to win 67 seats, while the ruling party’s coalition, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is expected to garner 49 seats.

In response to questions about the most suitable candidate for Prime Minister, poll participants favored Gadi Eisenkot with 45% of the vote over Netanyahu, who received 35%.

Opposition seats are predicted to be divided, with Zionist parties securing 54 seats and Arab parties taking 13 seats. The ‘Third Way’ party is forecast to win four seats.

The ‘Yesh Atid’ party, led by Eisenkot, topped the polls with 23 seats. The ‘Likud’ party, led by Netanyahu, secured 20 seats, losing one seat compared to previous surveys.

According to the poll, the ‘New Hope’ party, led by Gideon Sa’ar, maintained its 13 seats. The ‘Democratic Movement’ party, led by Yair Golan, and the ‘Yisrael Beiteinu’ party, led by Avigdor Lieberman, each obtained 9 seats.

The ‘Joint List,’ led by Ayman Odeh, secured 8 seats, the same number of seats won by the ‘Shas’ party, led by Aryeh Deri, and the ‘Otzma Yehudit’ (Jewish Power) party, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir.

The ‘United Torah Judaism’ party, led by Yaakov Asher, won 7 seats, and the ‘Religious Zionism and Identity’ coalition, led by Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin, obtained 6 seats.

The survey was conducted on October 12, with a sample size of 509 individuals and a margin of error of 4.4%, two weeks prior to the elections.