A third poll released on erev Shabbos 4 Teves was commissioned by Israel Radio’s Reshet Bet (Channel 2), which shows that the chareidi parties receive a combined 15 votes as Eli Yishai’s Ha’Am Itanu party fails to enter Knesset as it does not receive four seats, but only three.

Results:

Likud: 23

Labor/The Movement: 23

Bayit Yehudi: 17

Kulanu (Kahlon): 9

Yisrael Beitenu: 8

Shas: 8

Yahadut Hatorah: 7

Meretz: 6

Combined Arab parties: 11

69% of the chareidim questioned in the poll stated the most important issue for them is religion and state. The secular community put the cost of living above all else in the election.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)