Posted on 10/05/21
| News Source: Times of Israel
If Israelis were to head to the polls today, Likud and Yesh Atid would both strengthen their positions at the expense of their smaller partners, but the country would again see no conclusive winner, according to a Channel 13 survey published Monday.
The current coalition, which brought together a diverse group of right-wing, centrist, and left-wing Zionist parties and the Islamist Ra’am party, would lose its razor-thin majority in the 120 seat Knesset, dipping to 59 seats, the poll found.
However, the Likud-led alliance of right-wing and religious parties would also not be able to form a government, with 54 seats.
The mostly Arab Joint List alliance would get the other seven seats, the same number it currently holds.
Likud would retain its status as the largest party and would receive 34 seats, up from the 30 it won in the last election, according to the poll.
However, it appears that much of its increase in support would come at the expense of its key ally Shas, which would dip to from nine to six seats.