Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party, Likud, has overtaken Yashar! led by Gadi Eisenkot in the polls, according to an election poll published by KAN News on Sunday.
The poll found that the number of seats held by Likud had increased by one compared to last week, when the two parties were polling as tied. Netanyahu's party polls at 24 seats compared to 23 for Eisenkot's, KAN found.
Yair Golan's Democrats rose to a total of 10 mandates, compared to eight in the previous week's poll, and Yisrael Beyteinu, led by Avigdor Liberman, rose by one seat, also polling at 10 seats.
B'Yachad, led by Naftali Bennett, polled the same as the previous week, with KAN finding that it would receive 13 seats if elections were held today.
If the Arab parties of Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad formed a joint list, they are expected to receive 8 seats, however a spokesperson for Hadash told The Jerusalem Post that there was "a breakdown in the talks," and the three parties had failed to reach an agreement on running together.
If Yoav Segalovitz joins Ra'am, the fourth major Arab party, the party would receive five seats. This would bring the Arab parties' total seats to 13, which would weaken Netanyahu's bloc to 52 seats.
The Zionist opposition bloc polled at 55 seats, three more than the current coalition, KAN reported.
Netanyahu increases lead as candidate for next prime minister
The KAN poll also found that Netanyahu had increased the distance in public opinion as to who is best suited to be Israel's next prime minister.
The latest poll showed that 41% of people think Netanyahu would make a better leader than Eisenkot, compared to 34% who think Eisenkot would be better.
Additionally, Netanyahu leads Bennett with 41% to 31%, the same margins as in the previous survey.
However, Bennett is closing the gap with Eisenkot, with the Yashar! leader receiving 31% compared to Bennett's 20%. This means that the gap between the two candidates has halved since last week's KAN poll.
Approximately one fifth of Israelis have considered leaving the country, with the figure rising to 23% among opposition voters compared to 6% of people who vote for the current coalition. Despite this almost 70% of Israelis aren't concerned about the number of people leaving the country.
The poll surveyed 551 people aged 18 and over and included respondents from all sectors of Israeli society.
Keshet Neev contributed to this report.