Kan Poll Shows Neither Bloc With Majority Ahead of October 27 Election
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- Haaretz
- The Times of Israel
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A poll by the Kan public broadcaster indicates that neither the pro nor anti Benjamin Netanyahu blocs have secured enough seats to form a government ahead of the October 27 election. The poll shows the anti Netanyahu bloc with 56 seats and the pro Netanyahu bloc with 53. Likud leads individual party projections with 24 seats, followed by Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar with 23. Other results include B'Yachad with 13, the Democrats with 10, Yisrael Beytenu with 10, and Otzma Yehudit, Shas, and United Torah Judaism each with eight seats. Religious Zionism is projected to win five seats. Among Arab parties, Ra'am is at six seats and Hadash-Ta'al is at five, while Balad is expected to fall short of entering the Knesset.
Two new right wing parties established as alternatives to Likud, one led by Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel and another by Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein, are projected to fail to enter the Knesset. Benny Gantz's Blue and White party also fell short in the poll. Likud and Erdan have traded accusations of stealing right wing votes.
Political shifts are occurring within the blocs. Yesh Atid MK Yoav Segalovitz resigned from the Knesset and is reported to be joining the Arab Ra'am party. Additionally, Haredi lawmaker Moshe Gafni of the United Torah Judaism party stated he might not support Netanyahu this time, citing disputes over Haredi military enlistment legislation. Naftali Bennett of the B'Yachad party dismissed Gafni's comments as a tactic to create distance between the Haredi parties and Netanyahu.
How each side framed it
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- The left leaning coverage frames the resignation of Yoav Segalovitz as a significant breakthrough in breaking down barriers between Israelis and Arabs.
- Centre
- The center leaning coverage focuses on the statistical breakdown of the poll and the general instability within both political camps.
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