A new Israeli election poll projects 22 Knesset seats for Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party if elections were held today, followed by 18 for Likud. Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid’s Together party falls to 11 seats, tying the Democrats. The Religious Zionist-Zehut alliance holds steady at six.

The Joint List, Yisrael Beytenu and United Torah Judaism each receive eight seats. Otzma Yehudit and Shas each win seven, while Amcha Yisrael and Ra’am receive five apiece. The Reservists-Economic Party, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, takes four.

The poll gives the right-wing bloc 51 seats, the anti-Netanyahu bloc 52, Arab parties 13 and the Reservists-Economic Party four.

Asked what kind of government they would prefer after the election, 31% of respondents chose a broad unity government, 29% a fully right-wing government and 25% a coalition made up entirely of opposition parties. Another 6% preferred a different arrangement, while 9% were undecided.

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