Latest poll puts Eisenkot ahead of Netanyahu in Israel PM race

Daily Sabah · Anadolu Agency · 2026-10-13 10:43 UTC

A poll published Sunday showed former army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot is leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 43% to 38% in suitability for office,...

A poll published Sunday showed former army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot is leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 43% to 38% in suitability for office, while Netanyahu's bloc remained short of a parliamentary majority.

The survey, released by the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, projected 22 seats for Eisenkot's Yashar party in the 120-member Knesset compared with 20 for Netanyahu's Likud, down one seat from the previous week's poll, ahead of elections scheduled for Oct. 27.

Netanyahu's bloc gained two seats to reach 53, leaving it eight short of the 61-seat majority required to form a government.

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