A new Channel 13 poll has delivered a significant setback to former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, showing former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot overtaking him and emerging as the largest party in the anti-Netanyahu bloc.

According to the poll, the Likud remains the largest party overall with 22 seats. Eisenkot’s new “Yashar” party comes in second with 20 seats, surpassing the joint Bennett-Yair Lapid list, “B’Yachad,” which receives 17 seats.

Further down the poll, The Democrats and Yisrael Beiteinu each receive 11 seats. Shas wins 9 seats, while Otzma Yehudit and United Torah Judaism each receive 8. Hadash-Ta’al receives 6 seats, while Religious Zionism and Ra’am each receive 4 seats. Blue and White, Balad, and Yoaz Hendel’s HaMiluimnikim party all fail to cross the electoral threshold.

The survey also tested a potential joint run between Bennett and Eisenkot. In that scenario, a united list led by Bennett would receive 31 seats. However, if Eisenkot were placed at the top of the ticket, the same alliance would rise to 35 seats, underscoring his stronger standing with voters in the poll.

By bloc, the opposition reaches 59 seats, Netanyahu’s coalition parties receive 51 seats, and the Arab parties hold 10 seats.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)