The Likud and Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party are tied as Israel’s two largest parties, with 23 seats each, according to a new Channel 12 poll. Likud gained one seat compared with the poll published last week.

Naftali Bennett’s Beyachad party remained at 14 seats, Yair Golan’s Democrats received 10, and Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beytenu received 9. United Torah Judaism, led by Yitzhak Goldknopf, held steady at 8 seats. Shas and Otzma Yehudit each received 7, while Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party received 5.

Hadash-Ta’al, led by Yousef Jabareen and Ahmad Tibi, and Mansour Abbas’s Ra’am each received 5 seats. Beit Tzioni HaMiluimnikim, led by Hili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel, crossed the electoral threshold with 4 seats. Benny Gantz’s Blue and White received 1.4% and Balad, led by Sami Abu Shehadeh, received 0.8%, leaving both below the threshold.

The Zionist opposition parties received a combined 60 seats, while the Arab parties received 10, bringing the anti-Netanyahu bloc to 70 seats. The coalition parties received 50 seats.

In head-to-head questions regarding suitability for prime minister, Netanyahu and Eisenkot were tied at 37%. Netanyahu led Bennett 38% to 37% and Lieberman 38% to 27%.

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