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Knesset in Crisis: Polls Highlight Fragmentation and Uncertainty

September 5, 2025 12:17 pm

News Recap

The political crisis continues, with Shas and UTJ still outside the government.
Sep 2: A brief third special session plenum was held as Knesset silence ended.
Sep 3: Most committees resumed work, including a hearing on the Haredi Draft Bill in the Defense & Foreign Affairs Committee.
Sep 4: Eisenkot called on Gantz to drop out if he remains below the electoral threshold in the polls.

How It Played Out in the Polls

Bennett remains the leading contender against Netanyahu in both Knesset seats and Prime Minister suitability.
When running separately, Eisenkot, Cohen, and the Reservists generally act as spoilers, usually remaining in the single digits.
Benny Gantz’s Blue & White party is at an all-time low for the 25th Knesset, reaching a maximum of four seats and failing to pass the electoral threshold in five of the 12 polls this week.
Smotrich fails to pass the threshold in three polls, negatively affecting the Netanyahu bloc’s numbers.
This week, both Lapid and Eisenkot fail to pass the threshold in one poll each.

What to Expect Next

A fourth special session plenum is expected this week.
Discussion on consolidation within the Bennett bloc may occur to avoid parties falling below the threshold.
Increased scrutiny is expected on figures such as Cohen and Hendel (Reservists) regarding their positions on joining a potential Netanyahu government.

Polls	Pollster / Commissioning Body	Broadcast / Publication	Sample Size	Margin of Error	Dates Conducted
Polls 1–4	Prof. Yitzhak Katz, Maagar Mochot	Channel 13 News	558	±4.1%	September 2, 2025
Polls 5A–5B	Direct Polls, Zuriel Sharon	i24NEWS	513	±4.4%	September 3, 2025
Poll 6	Tatika	Zman Israel	404	±4.8%	September 3, 2025
Polls 7A–7B	Midgam	Channel 12 News	500	±4.4%	September 4, 2025
Poll 8	Shlomo Filber	Channel 14	497	N/A	September 4, 2025
Polls 9A–9B	Lazar / Panels	Maariv	500	±4.4%	September 4, 2025

Party/Alliance	Maagar Mochot	Maagar Mochot (Bennett-Eisenkot)	Maagar Mochot (Lapid-Eisenkot)	Midgam	Filber (No Eisenkot)	Lazar/Panels
Likud – Benjamin Netanyahu	22	22	22	24	34	25
“Bennett 2026” – Naftali Bennett	23	–	23	19	15	24
“Bennett 2026” + Gadi Eisenkot	–	30	–	–	–	–
Yisrael Beiteinu – Avigdor Lieberman	10	10	10	11	9	10
Shas – Aryeh Deri	10	10	10	8	11	9
The Democrats – Yair Golan	9	8	9	11	12	10
Yesh Atid – Yair Lapid	8	6	–	7	7	8
Yesh Atid + Gadi Eisenkot	–	–	11	–	–	–
New Party – Gadi Eisenkot	4	–	–	12	–	6
Otzma Yehudit – Itamar Ben Gvir	9	8	9	7	6	7
United Torah Judaism – Yitzhak Goldknopf	7	8	8	7	8	7
Ra’am – Mansour Abbas	5	5	5	5	5	5
Hadash-Ta’al – Ayman Odeh	5	5	5	5	5	5
Blue & White – Benny Gantz	4	4	4	(2.1%)	4	4
Religious Zionism – Bezalel Smotrich	4	4	4	4	4	(1.9%)
Balad – Sami Abu Shehadeh	(3%)	(3%)	(3%)	(2.3%)	(2.3%)	(1.9%)
Bennett Bloc	58	58	57	60	47	62
Netanyahu Bloc	52	52	53	50	63	48
Arab Bloc	10	10	10	10	10	10

Party/Alliance	Maagar Mochot (Yossi Cohen)	Direct Polls (Reservists)	Direct Polls (Reservists & Yossi Cohen)	Takiata (Reservists)	Midgam (Bennett-Liebeman-Eisenkot Party)	Lazar/Panels (Yossi Cohen)
Likud – Benjamin Netanyahu	21	30	27	26	25	24
“Bennett 2026” – Naftali Bennett	22	20	–	23	–	23
Bennett-Lieberman-Eisenkot	–	–	33	–	–	–
Bennett-Lieberman	–	–	–	–	30	–
Yisrael Beiteinu – Avigdor Lieberman	10	11	–	10	–	9
The Democrats – Yair Golan	9	10	9	11	11	10
Shas – Aryeh Deri	10	10	11	9	8	9
United Torah Judaism – Yitzhak Goldknopf	8	8	8	7	7	7
Otzma Yehudit – Itamar Ben Gvir	11	6	7	7	7	7
New Party – Gadi Eisenkot	(3%)	–	–	–	10	5
Reservists	–	6	5	6	–	–
New Party – Yossi Cohen	8	–	4	–	–	4
Ra’am – Mansour Abbas	5	5	6	6	5	5
Hadash-Ta’al – Ayman Odeh	5	5	5	4	5	5
Yesh Atid – Yair Lapid	7	4	(3%)	7	8	8
Religious Zionism – Bezalel Smotrich	4	5	5	(N/A)	4	(1.9%)
Blue & White – Benny Gantz	(3%)	(2.4%)	(1.9%)	4	(2.3%)	4
Balad – Sami Abu Shehadeh	(3%)	(2.8%)	(2.8%)	(N/A)	(2.3%)	(1.8%)
Bennett Bloc	56	51	51	61	59	63
Netanyahu Bloc	54	59	58	49	51	47
Arab Bloc	10	10	11	10	10	10

Poll / Source	Question	Response	Percentage
Direct Polls	Who do you think is most suitable to be Prime Minister?	Benjamin Netanyahu	48%
		Naftali Bennett	39%
		Don’t know	13%
Direct Polls	Who do you think is most suitable to be Prime Minister?	Benjamin Netanyahu	48%
		Gadi Eizenkot	36%
		Don’t know	16%
Midgam	What should Israel do now in the Gaza conflict?	Approve partial hostage deal, stop military operation	47%
		Continue military operation, no deal	39%
		Don’t know	14%
Midgam	Should there be a State Committee to investigate October 7 failures?	State Committee led by Supreme Court President	61%
		Government committee appointed by Netanyahu	25%
		Don’t know	14%
Filber	Who among six individuals is most suitable to be Prime Minister?	Benjamin Netanyahu	48%
		Naftali Bennett	21%
		Gadi Eizenkot	18%
		Avigdor Lieberman	6%
		Yair Lapid	5%
		Benny Gantz	2%
Lazar/Panels	Do you support holding elections on two separate ballots: one for Prime Minister, one for Knesset?	Support	39%
		Oppose	27%
		Don’t know	34%

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