Shea Levin — text status

A new i24NEWS poll ahead of Israel’s upcoming elections shows Likud winning 27 seats, Eisenkot’s Yashar 21, Bennett’s Beyachad 13, Democrats and Otzma Yehudit 9 each, United Torah Judaism 8, Shas, Yisrael Beiteinu and the Joint List 7 each, and Ra’am and Religious Zionism–Zehut 6 each. Netanyahu’s bloc stands at 57 seats, four short of the 61 required to form a government. The non-Arab opposition parties hold 50 seats, while the Arab parties hold 13.