News 13 poll: Five mandates for Smotrich
A News 13 poll indicates that if elections were held today, the Likud party would win 21 mandates and the Israel Resilience party of Gadi Eisenkot would win 20. The Unity party of Bennett and…
Assessment
The poll shows the anti-Netanyahu bloc leading with 58 seats to the coalition's 51, but neither reaches a majority of 61. Smotrich's Religious Zionism party polls at only five seats, a significant drop from its current strength. The results suggest a highly fragmented Knesset with no clear path to a stable government without broad coalition talks.