Poll Puts Netanyahu and Eisenkot Blocs in 53-Seat Tie

A Channel 13 poll puts both Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc and Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc at 53 Knesset seats, with Arab parties holding 14. Eisenkot’s Yashar falls two seats to 22 while Likud rises two to 21; Together has 12 and the Democrats 11. Ofer Winter’s Amcha Yisrael crosses the threshold for the first time in this poll series with four seats, while Religious Zionism–Zehut wins six. The survey of 940 respondents carries a maximum sampling error of 3.4%; on prime-minister suitability, Eisenkot leads Netanyahu 47% to 37%.