Category: Knesset


Midgam conducted a poll of 505 people with a 4.4% margin of error for Channel 12 that was broadcast on Jan 30 2019.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

30 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
21 [-–] Israel Resilience (Gantz) + Telem (Yaalon)
11 [11] Yesh Atid (Lapid)
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
07 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
06 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
06 [12] The Joint (Arab) List
06 [01] Taal (Tibi)
05 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
05 [07] Shas (Deri)
04 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
04 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi
04 [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)

2.4% [–-] Otzma (Marzel)
2.1% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin)
0.8% [06] Livni Party
00 [–-] Green Leaf, Yachad (Eli Yishai), Magen (Gal Hirsch), Eretz Chadasha (Eldad Yaniv) and Achi Yisraeli (Adina Bar Shalom) are all under 3.25% threshold.

62 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
58 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Note: Labor at 6 seats is the lowest all-time showing in any poll.

Scenario Poll #1: Lapid #1 + Gantz #2 on same list

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

31 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
30 [11] Yesh Atid (Lapid) + Israel Resilience (Gantz) + Telem (Yaalon)
07 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
06 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
06 [12] The Joint (Arab) List
06 [01] Taal (Tibi)
05 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
05 [07] Shas (Deri)
05 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
04 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi
04 [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)

2.4% [–-] Otzma (Marzel)
2.3% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin)

62 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
58 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Scenario Poll #2: Gantz #1 + Lapid #2 on same list

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

35 [11] Israel Resilience (Gantz) + Telem (Yaalon) + Yesh Atid (Lapid)
30 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
06 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
06 [12] The Joint (Arab) List
06 [01] Taal (Tibi)
05 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
05 [07] Shas (Deri)
04 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
04 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
04 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi
04 [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)

2.4% [–-] Otzma (Marzel)
1.9% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin)
1.6% [—] Green Leaf

60 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
60 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Additional Question:

Who is most suited to serve as Prime Minister?

36% Netanyahu, 35% Gantz, 16% Neither, 13% Don’t know

Panel Project HaMidgam conducted a poll of 754 people with a 3.7% margin of error for Channel 13 that was broadcast on Jan 30 2019.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

30 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
24 [-–] Israel Resilience (Gantz) + Telem (Yaalon)
09 [11] Yesh Atid (Lapid)
08 [01] Taal (Tibi)
06 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
06 [12] The Joint (Arab) List
06 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
06 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
05 [07] Shas (Deri)
04 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
04 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
04 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi
04 [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)
00 [06] Livni Party – 2 seats, but under threshold
00 [–-] Otzma (Marzel), Green Leaf, Zehut (Feiglin), Yachad (Eli Yishai), Magen (Gal Hirsch), Eretz Chadasha (Eldad Yaniv) and Achi Yisraeli (Adina Bar Shalom) are all under 3.25% threshold.

59 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
61 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Additional Questions:

Who is most suited to serve as Prime Minister?

42% Netanyahu, 42% Gantz, 16% Don’t know
51% Netanyahu, 30% Lapid, 19% Don’t know

Who should lead a big mega center-left bloc party?

46% Gantz, 28% Don’t know 18% Lapid, 8% Gabbai

Where is Gantz on the political spectrum?

30% Not right or left, 28% Don’t know, 24% Left, 18% Right

Panels conducted a poll of 1009 people with a 3.2% margin of error for Walla that was published on Jan 30 2019.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

29 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
19 [-–] Israel Resilience (Gantz) + Telem (Yaalon)
12 [11] Yesh Atid (Lapid)
07 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
07 [12] The Joint (Arab) List
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
07 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
05 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
05 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
05 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
05 [01] Taal (Tibi)
04 [07] Shas (Deri)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi
04 [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)

2.3% [–-] Otzma (Marzel) – under electoral threshold
1.8% [–-] Green Leaf – under electoral threshold
1.4% [06] Livni Party – under electoral threshold
1.4% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin) – under electoral threshold
1.2% [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai) – under electoral threshold

Under 1%:
00 [–-] Magen (Gal Hirsch), Eretz Chadasha (Eldad Yaniv), Achi Yisraeli (Adina Bar Shalom) are all under 3.25% threshold.

61 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
59 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Note: Israel Resilience voters based on 2015 choice – 8 seats from Zionist Union, 4 from Yesh Atid, 3 from Likud, 1 from Kulanu.
41% Center voters, 32% Left voters, 27% Right voters

Scenario Poll #1: Gantz + Yaalon + Levy

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

29 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
24 [01] Israel Resilience (Gantz) + Telem (Yaalon) + Gesher (Orly Levy)
12 [11] Yesh Atid (Lapid)
07 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
07 [12] The Joint (Arab) List
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
07 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
05 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
05 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
05 [01] Taal (Tibi)
04 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
04 [07] Shas (Deri)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi

2.8% [–-] Otzma (Marzel) – under electoral threshold
2.1% [–-] Green Leaf – under electoral threshold
1.6% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin) – under electoral threshold
1.3% [06] Livni Party – under electoral threshold
1.3% [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai) – under electoral threshold

Under 1%:
00 [–-] Magen (Gal Hirsch), Eretz Chadasha (Eldad Yaniv), Achi Yisraeli (Adina Bar Shalom) are all under 3.25% threshold.

60 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
60 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Scenario Poll #2: Gantz + Yaalon + Ashkenazi + Lapid

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

33 [11] Israel Resilience (Gantz) + Telem (Yaalon) + Yesh Atid (Lapid) + Ashkenazi
27 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
08 [12] The Joint (Arab) List
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
07 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
06 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
05 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
05 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
05 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
05 [01] Taal (Tibi)
04 [07] Shas (Deri)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi
04 [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)

2.6% [–-] Otzma (Marzel) – under electoral threshold
2.0% [–-] Green Leaf – under electoral threshold
1.4% [06] Livni Party – under electoral threshold
1.4% [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai) – under electoral threshold
1.1% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin) – under electoral threshold

Under 1%:
00 [–-] Magen (Gal Hirsch), Eretz Chadasha (Eldad Yaniv), Achi Yisraeli (Adina Bar Shalom) are all under 3.25% threshold.


59 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
61 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Additional Questions:

How did Gantz’s speech change your opinion of him?

61% Didn’t change, 27% For the better, 12% For the worse

Left: 49% Better, 46% No difference, 5% Worse
Center: 49% No difference, 43% Better, 8% Worse
Right: 68% No difference, 17% Worse, 15% Better

If there is a Gantz + Yaalon + Ashkenazi + Lapid party who should lead it?

45% Gantz, 37% Don’t know, 18% Lapid

Gantz-Lapid voters: 65% Gantz, 25% Lapid, 10% Don’t know

Knesset Jeremy’s Weekly Polling Average – The Israeli Poll of Polls

Current update: Sunday January 28th 2018.

PlacePartyLeaderSeatsKnessetJeremy AVGChangeWeek 3-4 AVGCurrent
1stLikudNetanyahu2929.3-2.231.530
2ndIsrael ResilienceGantz1414.3212.30
3rdYesh AtidLapid1212.3-0.71311
4thLaborGabbai98.70.97.818
5thHaYamin HeHadashBennett88083
6thJoint ListOdeh66n/a11.312
7thTaalTibi66n/an/a1
8thUTJLitzman76.7-0.16.86
9thShasDeri55.30.357
10thMeretzZandberg55.30.15.25
11thKulanuKahlon54.7-0.3510
12thYisrael BeitenuLiberman54.704.75
13thGesherLevy54.70.24.51
14thBayit Yehudi?441.82.25
15thLivniLivni00-226
16thOtherOthers00-0.70.70
xRight-Religiousx6362.7-1.163.866
xCenter-Left-Arabx5757.31.156.254

Note #1: The electoral voting threshold is equivalent to 3.25 percent of total votes, equivalent to approximately four parliamentary seats. Parties currently polling below the threshold, including parties listed as “other” are weighted down to zero in the polling average to allow this polling model to maintain a simplified 120-seat framework.

Note #2: Taal was polled together with The Joint List in one of the polls so I split their result evenly for the average. This is the first week where the two lists are being averaged separately.

Note #3: This week’s average is based on the three polls that were conducted during week five (Midgam, Direct Polls and Teleseker).

Note #4: Read – Israeli politics ‘101’: Electing a prime minister and forming a government coalition – at: https://www.jns.org/israeli-politics-101-electing-a-prime-minister-and-forming-a-coalition/

Note #5: The official candidate lists will be submitted on Feb 20-21 2019.

Compiled for the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS.org)


Teleseker conducted a poll of 556 people for Saloona that was broadcast on Jan 17 2019. The polls was conducted on Jan 23.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

28 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
15 [-–] Israel Resilience (Gantz)
13 [11] Yesh Atid (Lapid)
12 [13] The Joint (Arab) List + Taal (Tibi)
09 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
08 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
05 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
05 [07] Shas (Deri)
05 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
05 [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)
04 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi

2.0% [06] Livni Party
1.0% [–-] Telem (Yaalon)
1.0% [–-] Zehut (Feiglin)
1.0% [–-] Otzma (Marzel)
0.2% [–-] Green Leaf
0.2% [–-] Magen (Gal Hirsch)
00 [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai), Eretz Chadasha (Eldad Yaniv) and others under 3.25% threshold

62 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
58 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Scenario Poll #1: Yesh Atid + Israel Resilience + IDF COS Ashkenazi

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

34 [11] Yesh Atid (Lapid) + Israel Resilience (Gantz)
26 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
12 [13] The Joint (Arab) List + Taal (Tibi)
08 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
07 [18] Labor (Gabbai)
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
05 [07] Shas (Deri)
05 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
04 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
04 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi
04 [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)
00 [06] Livni Party
00 [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai), Telem (Yaalon), Zehut (Feiglin), Green Leaf, Eretz Chadasha (Eldad Yaniv), Otzma (Marzel) and Ofek Chadash (as other) under 3.25% threshold

58 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
62 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Scenario Poll #2: Yesh Atid + Israel Resilience + Labor + Telem + Livni + IDF COS Ashkenazi + Ex-PM Barak

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

40 [35] Yesh Atid (Lapid) + Israel Resilience (Gantz) + Labor + Telem + Livni + Ashkenazi + Barak
29 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
11 [13] The Joint (Arab) List + Taal (Tibi)
09 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
04 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
04 [07] Shas (Deri)
04 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
04 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi
04 [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)
00 [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai), Zehut (Feiglin), Green Leaf, Eretz Chadasha (Eldad Yaniv), Otzma (Marzel) and Ofek Chadash (as other) under 3.25% threshold

61 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
59 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Scenario Poll #3: Israel Resilience + Labor + Livni + Barak

29 [30] Likud (Netanyahu)
28 [24] Israel Resilience (Gantz) + Labor (Gabbai) + Livni + Barak
13 [11] Yesh Atid (Lapid)
12 [13] The Joint (Arab) List + Taal (Tibi)
09 [03] Hayamin Hehadash (Bennett & Shaked)
07 [06] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
05 [10] Kulanu (Kahlon)
05 [07] Shas (Deri)
04 [05] Yisrael Beitenu (Liberman)
04 [05] Bayit Yehudi
04 [01] Gesher (Orly Levy)
00 [05] Meretz (Zandberg)
00 [–-] Yachad (Eli Yishai), Telem (Yaalon), Zehut (Feiglin), Green Leaf, Eretz Chadasha (Eldad Yaniv), Otzma (Marzel) and Ofek Chadash (as other) under 3.25% threshold

63 [66] Current Right-Religious Coalition+Y.B.
57 [54] Current Center-Left-Arab Opposition+Gantz-Y.B.

Additional Question:

Center-left voters: If Gantz runs on a joint list with other parties will it increase or decrease the chances you vote for him?

60.3% Increase, 30.5% No difference, 9.2% Decrease