đď¸ Coalition commitments and disputes within the right: Likud said Netanyahu had repeatedly committed to forming the next government with the existing national-camp parties. It urged Itamar Ben-Gvir to focus on preventing an Eisenkot-led government with Yair Golan, Avigdor Lieberman and the Arab parties.
Otzma Yehudit accused the Prime Ministerâs Office of privately telling foreign countries that Ben-Gvir would be excluded, promoting a unity government and avoiding joint appearances with him while publicly promising his inclusion. It called this contempt for right-wing voters and alleged that Netanyahu preferred Eisenkot, who signed a surplus-vote agreement with Golan. The party said neither Netanyahu nor Eisenkot denied that preference and demanded a public commitment from Netanyahu not to join a government with Eisenkot and Golan.
Ofer Winter accused Lieberman of misleading voters, arguing that reliance on partners such as Golan precluded decisive victory. He also alleged efforts to break apart and intimidate his party, including sending private investigators. After reports interpreted this as an accusation against Likud, the party denied involvement, demanded a retraction and threatened a defamation lawsuit. Likud also accused Winter of harming the rightâs electoral prospects rather than opposing a government involving Eisenkot, Golan, Lieberman and the Arab parties.
Winter subsequently said he had never stated in his speech that Likud sent investigators to his home. Lieberman replied: âAnyone who canât achieve a decisive victory in three years never will. Learn to withstand pressure and start telling the truth.â Winterâs âYour fellow Jewsâ party argued that Lieberman could not defeat the enemy with Golan, Gaby Lasky and Mansour Abbas as senior partners, and that influence was possible only from within a right-wing government.
đłď¸ Channel 14 majority contrasts sharply with other polls: A Channel 14 / NEXT DATA poll conducted September 15 among 483 adults gives Likud 30 seats, Eisenkotâs Yashar 21, Shas 10, Democrats 9, Religious ZionismâZehut 8, Otzma Yehudit 8, Bennettâs BâYachad 8, United Torah Judaism 8, Joint List 7, Yisrael Beiteinu 6 and Raâam 5. Shas ranks third.
The bloc balance is unchanged from Channel 14âs previous poll: Netanyahuâs bloc 64, three above the majority threshold; non-Arab opposition 44; Arab parties 12. Likud and Yashar each lose one seat, while Bennett and UTJ each gain one. Religious ZionismâZehut and Otzma Yehudit remain at eight. The LikudâBennett gap narrows from 24 to 22 seats, still substantially wider than in most other pollstersâ results.
Winter rises from 2.1% to 2.3%, and the finalized HendelâZelekha âReservists-Economicâ list from 1.4% to 2.1%, both below the 3.25% threshold. Kan and News 12 each gave both lists four seats on September 14. Kan put the two main blocs level at 52â52; News 12 gave Netanyahuâs bloc 50 and the established non-Arab opposition 54, with HendelâZelekha separately on four.
The supplied comparison identifies a persistent divide between polling estimates, without establishing its methodological cause or a new cross-pollster surge for Netanyahu. Channel 14âs bloc totals are flat, and its 64-seat majority, excluding both Winter and HendelâZelekha, remains sharply different from Kan, News 12 and recent Lazar polling. The smaller listsâ threshold prospects remain uncertain and pollster-dependent, while the comparison places the merged SmotrichâFeiglin list in a safer position.
A separate assessment puts Eisenkotâs bloc at 54 seats, down from 60 within a month, attributing the decline mainly to Winter, Yaron Zelekha and the Joint Listâs formation. It does not identify the polling series behind that comparison.
âŞď¸ Rabbi Ovadia Yosef memorial: The memorial event for Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has officially been canceled following controversy over the Attorney Generalâs directive.
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