How Israelis identify politically - October 2026 Strong right: 24% Right: 21% Moderate right: 9% Center-right: 11% Center: 10% Center-left: 9% Moderate left: 6% Left: 6% Strong left: 1% JPPI survey among Jewish Israelis. Pre-election survey - expected seats / Palestinian state / ultra-orthodox recruitment: Gush Netanyahu - 53 seats for Likud (Netanyahu): 22 | No | Gradual draft Otzma Yehudit (Ben-Gvir): 8 | No | Gradual draft Shas (Deri): 8 | No | Exempt United Torah Judaism: 8 | Unclear | Exempt Religious Zionism (Smotrich): 7 | No | Gradual draft anti-Netanyahu bloc - 53 mandates Ishar (Eisenkot): 22 | No | Mandatory draft together (Bennett/Lapid): 13 | No | Mandatory draft Democrats (Golan): 10 | Yes, compulsory draft Israel (Liberman) |
61 out of 120 seats are mostly needed. Arab parties will probably decide who the next prime minister is. Quite significant for an "apartheid" state. And who helped Netanyahu get elected in 1996? Hamas of course. Peres led by 16 points after Rabins' kill. Then Hamas carried out 4 suicide attacks, killing ~60 Israelis and reducing its lead to only one point. Netanyahu ultimately won with only 29,457 votes. No small achievement for an organization fighting for a "Palestinian state".