Israeli Yashar Party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, overtook Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party by a small margin in a poll released on Wednesday by Channel 13.
These results represent the first in which Likud fell below Eisenkot’s Yashar in a poll, following weeks of a tie between the two parties.
Nearly half of respondents said that Eisenkot was more suitable for the position of prime minister than Netanyahu.
According to Channel 13, if elections were held on July 8, Eisenkot’s party would earn 23 mandates, Likud would get 22, and Naftali Bennett’s Together Party would be the third largest with 15 seats – two less than the previous poll.
The Democrats Party, under the leadership of Yair Golan, and Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu both won 10 seats each, followed by Shas, United Torah Judaism, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit, each with eight.
After that, Hadash-Ta’al received six mandates, and Ra’am and Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party each got five seats.
Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel’s new alliance did not pass the threshold; neither did Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party or Balad.
Source: Israeli media