A poll conducted by Shlomo Filber and published Thursday night on Channel 14 shows the right-wing bloc holding steady at 63 seats, while the left-wing bloc stands at just 45 seats.

The Arab parties receive a combined 12 seats in the poll.

Likud leads with 31 seats, while the left-wing Yashar party comes in second with 22 seats — two fewer than in the previous poll. Shas receives 10 seats, while Naftali Bennett’s Beyachad party jumps by three seats to 9.

The Democrats remain steady at 8 seats, while United Torah Judaism also receives 8 seats, one more than in the previous poll.

Next are Religious Zionism and Zehut — immediately following the announcement of their merger — with 7 seats, while Otzma Yehudit remains steady at 7.

The Hadash-Ta’al-Balad faction also receives 7 seats. Yisrael Beytenu drops by one seat to 6, while Ra’am rounds out the list with 5 seats.

Following the Smotrich-Feiglin merger, Ofer Winter’s Amcha Yisrael party plunges below the electoral threshold. After polling at four seats last week, the party now receives just 2.7% of the vote.

Also firmly below the electoral threshold are Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party with 1.2% and Avi Maoz’s Noam L’Yisrael with 0.3%. Another two parties that fell below the threshold in the poll—Gilad Erdan’s Unity party with 0.1%, and Bayit Tzioni-The Reservists party, led by Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel, with 1.3%—have since disbanded or dropped out of the race.

Asked who is best suited to serve as prime minister among a series of candidates, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu leads by a wide margin with 50% support. Gadi Eisenkot receives 32%, Naftali Bennett 16%, and Avigdor Liberman just 2%.

In a direct head-to-head matchup against Eisenkot, Netanyahu receives 54% support compared with 46% for Eisenkot.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)