Poll Puts Hendel-Zelekha Alliance at Four Seats and Netanyahu Bloc at 52

A Kantar survey aired by Kan News placed the new Yoaz Hendel-Yaron Zelekha alliance at four Knesset seats, clearing the electoral threshold and remaining outside the two main blocs. Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar led with 23 seats, followed by Likud on 20 and Naftali Bennett’s B’Yachad on 13. The Netanyahu-aligned bloc totaled 52 seats, Eisenkot’s bloc 51, and the Arab parties 13, leaving neither main bloc with a 61-seat majority. In leadership matchups, Netanyahu led Bennett 37% to 32%, while Eisenkot led Netanyahu 38% to 35% and Bennett 36% to 17%.