'Bennett's 'Together' approaches a blocking percentage • Erdan with an embarrassing 0.1% • The Right-wing bloc strengthens 

Shtetl
August 19, 2026   
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A new political picture emerges from a survey conducted by Shlomo Filber and published this evening (Tuesday) on Channel 14 - just after the Likud primaries.

According to the survey data, the right-wing bloc is strengthening and holds a solid majority of 63 seats, while the left-wing bloc is weakening by two seats and receives 46 seats. The Arab parties receive 11 seats.

According to the survey, the Likud party led by Benjamin Netanyahu continues to lead confidently as the largest party - with 32 seats, one seat less than the previous survey; the left-wing Yashar party led by Gadi Eisenkot is in second place with 24 seats, one more than last week.

Following it are the Shas party with 10 seats and the Democrats with 9 - one seat less than last week.

Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party is strengthening significantly and increasing by 2 seats - to 8.

The Yisrael Beiteinu party is weakening in the Mest, receiving only 7 seats, as is United Torah Judaism. The Religious Zionist Party remains stable, standing at 6 seats, as it did last week.

Naftali Bennett's Togetherness Party is recording a sharp collapse - and is now approaching the electoral threshold with only 6 seats.

Ra'am Party with 6 seats, one more than last week, and Hadash-Ta'al with 5 seats.

Below the blocking percentage are Balad (2.1%), Beit Zionist Reservists (1.2%), Zehut (1.1%), Ofer Winter (0.9%), Blue and White (0.4%) and Gilad Erdan (0.1%).

On the question of suitability for the role of Prime Minister - Benjamin Netanyahu scores a landslide victory and leads by a huge margin with 551% support. His main opponent, Gadi Eisenkot, only gets 351% support, while Naftali Bennett gets 61% support, Avigdor Lieberman gets 31% support, and Benny Gantz gets a single percentage support.

On the question of a direct match between Netanyahu and Eizenkot, Netanyahu leads with 55% compared to 45% for Eizenkot.

The survey, conducted by NEXT DATA with the participation of 636 adults from the general population, was conducted on August 18, 2026. Data analysis: Shlomo Filber.