As new information from the ongoing probe into former IDF top lawyer Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi’s leak of a video from the Sde Teiman detention facility continues to emerge, the Likud party has gained one seat, strengthening the coalition, a Maariv poll published Friday revealed.
Despite this, the opposition block has maintained its majority of 61 seats, while the Arab parties received 11.
For the second week in a row, Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party, Yoaz Hendel’s Reservists Party, Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party, and the Arab party Balad all failed to pass the electoral threshold.
The results of the poll found that if an election were to occur today, Likud would receive 26 seats, former prime minister Naftali Bennett’s party would receive 22 seats, and Yair Golan’s Democrats Party 11.
Additionally, Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid would receive 10 seats, while Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu, Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar!, and the haredi party Shas would each receive nine.
Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit and the haredi United Torah Judaism party would each receive seven seats.
Arab parties Hadash-Ta’al and Ra’am received six and five seats, respectively.
Israel's public hopes for elections, expresses optimism about future
In response to the question, “When do you think elections should be held?” Israelis were split, with 45% stating the current timeline of October 2026, while 45% called for them to be held as soon as possible.
On an encouraging note, when asked about their feelings regarding the future of Israel, just over half the public reported feeling optimistic, 16% very optimistic and 35% somewhat optimistic, about the future.
In contrast, 38% reported feeling pessimistic about the future, with only 12% feeling very pessimistic.
The survey was conducted by Lazar Research in collaboration with Panel4All, with 500 respondents over November 4-5, representing a representative sample of the adult population in the State of Israel aged 18 and over, both Jews and Arabs. The maximum sampling error in the survey is 4.4%.