Rival Polls Split on Netanyahu's Election Path

Walla updated at 09:33 IDT and JPost published at 08:38 that Maariv's Lazar Research/Panel4All poll gives Likud 21 seats, Yashar 20 and Bennett-Lapid's Together 19, with the coalition bloc at 50, the Zionist opposition at 59 and Arab parties at 11. The same survey says a Netanyahu breakaway party would win 16 seats while Likud without him would fall to seven, but the split would weaken the coalition bloc to 49. JNS, citing a separate Direct Polls survey released Thursday, points the other way: Netanyahu best-suited at 53.3%, Likud on 33 and the coalition at 63. Israel's campaign should be judged by stable Zionist governance, IDF readiness, secure borders and respect for Torah communities, not polling theater.