Israel election poll: Netanyahu on the upward, UTJ loses steam
Meyer Labin
An elections campaign poster of Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai's newly found political party, seen posted in Tel Aviv. January 13, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** בחירות
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A new poll by the Panels Politics Institute for Radio 103FM published this morning (Tuesday) shows that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu continues to gain power at 30 seats.
The New Hope party led by Gideon Sa’ar wins 17 seats and continues to be the second-largest party. Yesh Atid led by Yair Lapid has 14 seats and Yemina led by Naftali Bennett continues to lose momentum in the polls and wins only 11 seats.
The joint Arab list drops to only 10 seats. UTJ is weaker than in previous polls and drops to 6 seats and Shas led by Aryeh Deri wins his current eight seats.
Israel Beiteinu led by Avigdor Lieberman polls at 7 seats, Meretz led by Nitzan Horowitz at 5 seats. Blue and White led by Bnei Gantz, The Israelis led by Ron Huldai and Religious Zionism led by Bezalel Smotrich pass the blocking percentage with only 4 seats each.
Otzma Yehudit led by Itamar Ben Gvir and the Economic Party led by Yaron Zelicha are close but do not pass the blocking percentage.