Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party remains Israel’s largest party with 24 seats, while Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud has slipped to 20, according to a new Kan News poll released Monday evening. Naftali Bennett’s Beyachad holds steady in third place with 12 seats.

Yisrael Beiteinu and Otzma Yehudit each receive 8 seats, while the Democrats, led by Yair Golan, also receive 8 after dropping one seat from the previous poll. UTJ, led by Yaakov Asher, falls one seat to 7 following last week’s dramatic changes to the party’s electoral list.

Religious Zionism, led by Bezalel Smotrich, climbs back to 6 seats after receiving 5 in the previous Kan poll. Two smaller parties also cross the electoral threshold: Ofer Winter’s Amcha Yisrael receives 4 seats, while the reservists-economic party led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha also receives 4.

Despite the movement between individual parties, the broader political deadlock remains unchanged. The two main blocs each receive just 52 seats, leaving neither side anywhere near the 61 seats required to establish a government.

The poll also found uncertainty among voters over whether the election will produce a decisive result. Just 39% believe the election will result in a clear outcome, while 29% expect Israel will ultimately head to another election.

Asked what should happen if no side can form a government, 36% favor holding another election, 27% prefer the establishment of a unity government, and 21% support forming a government that relies on the Arab parties.

Among voters who backed Likud in the 2022 election, 41% said Netanyahu’s performance before October 7 and his response to warnings ahead of the attack will influence how they vote this time, while 46% said it will not.

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