A new i24NEWS/Direct Polls survey shows Likud with 28 seats, followed by Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar with 22. B’Yachad and the Democrats each receive 9 seats, Otzma Yehudit and United Torah Judaism 8 each, Shas and Yisrael Beiteinu 7 each, Ra’am and the Religious Zionism-Zehut list 5 each, Amcha Yisrael 4, and the Joint List 8.
The parties in the current right-wing coalition total 60 seats, while the opposition “change bloc” parties total 47, with the Arab parties holding 13. A majority of 61 seats is needed to form a government.
