Shea Levin — text status

Two new polls released today ahead of Israel’s upcoming elections show sharply different results. Channel 14 has Likud leading with 29 seats, followed by Eisenkot’s Yashar with 20, Shas and Democrats with 10 each, and UTJ and the Joint List with 8 each. Netanyahu’s bloc drops from 63 seats in the previous poll to 61, exactly the minimum needed to form a government. Opposition: 46. Arab parties: 13. Meanwhile, Channel 12 has Eisenkot’s Yashar leading with 23 seats, Likud 20, Bennett’s Beyachad 13, Democrats and Yisrael Beiteinu 9 each, and Shas, Otzma Yehudit and the Joint List 8 each. Netanyahu’s bloc: 49 seats. Opposition: 54. Arab parties: 13.