Likud has strengthened by two seats following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump earlier this week, according to a Maariv survey published Friday.
The poll indicated that the meeting and Trump’s public praise for Netanyahu coincided with a two-seat bump for Likud to 27, and a net gain for the coalition to 52 seats.
According to the poll, the anti-Netanyahu bloc, excluding Hadash-Ta’al and Ra’am, fell to 58 seats, driven mainly by a decline for Naftali Bennett’s list from 21 to 19. Hadash-Ta’al and Ra’am each held steady at five seats.
Four parties failed to cross electoral threshold this week
When respondents were asked, “If the following parties run in the next Knesset election, for whom would you vote?”, the results were: Likud 27; Bennett 19, down from 21; The Democrats and Eisenkot, and Yisrael Beytenu all unchanged at 10; Otzma Yehudit 10, up from 9; Yesh Atid 9, unchanged; Shas 8, down from 9; United Torah Judaism 7, unchanged; and both Hadash-Ta'al and Ra’am unchanged at 5.
Parties that did not cross the electoral threshold in this survey were Blue and White (2%), Religious Zionism (2.8%), Balad (2%), and “the Reservists” list (3%).
The results translate to 52 seats for the coalition and 58 for the anti-Netanyahu bloc, excluding the Arab parties, underscoring a modest shift toward Likud and its partners.
The poll was conducted by Lazar Research, headed by Dr. Menachem Lazar, in cooperation with Panel4All.