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Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by Knesset Channel 99 on Jan 23 2014.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

34 [31] Likud Beitenu

17 [15] Labor

14 [19] Yesh Atid

12 [12] Bayit Yehudi

10 [06] Meretz

08 [11] Shas

06 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ

06 [06] Movement

04 [04] Hadash

04 [04] Ra’am-Ta’al

03 [03] Balad

02 [02] Kadima

60 [61] Right-Religious

60 [59] Center-Left-Arab

Knesset Jeremy Analysis: This poll is obviously very different than the polls from the last few days. Key is to note the 60-60 tie between the blocks.

Link to poll that shares my analysis on why the right is increasing:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/176602

Below are links to my last 5 Galai Yisrael Radio interviews.
Each interview is an in-depth look of around 30 minutes.

Kerry Plan, a View Within the Knesset:

Jeremy Man Saltan on the Kerry Plan, a View Within the Knesset

US Spying on Israel and Investing in the Future to Keep the Roads Clear:

US Spying on Israel and Investing in the Future to Keep the Roads Clear

Knesset Update and Hollow Negotiations in the Middle East:

Knesset Update and Hollow Negotiations in the Middle East

Live show link, Chat, Q&A:

Returning to the Live Airwaves of Israel

Acquittal of Lieberman and More Sanctions for Iran:

Acquittal of Lieberman and More Sanctions for Iran

GeoCartography conducted a poll of 500 Israelis with an error rate of 4.2% for Israeli radio 103 FM that was broadcast on Jan 22 2014.

They also conducted a scenario poll where Likud and Yisrael Beitenu ran as two separate parties.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

40 [31] Likud Beitenu

12 [15] Labor

12 [11] Shas

11 [12] Bayit Yehudi

10 [06] Meretz

09 [19] Yesh Atid

06 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ

03 [06] Movement

03 [02] Kadima

03 [00] Am Shalem

11 [11] Hadash, Ra’am-Ta’al and Balad

72 [61] Right-Religious

48 [59] Center-Left-Arab

Knesset Jeremy Analysis: Right-Religious block is at 72. Before anyone dismisses that as a crazy number, I’ll point out that yesterday’s Channel 1 poll has the block at 67 seats.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

39 [20] Likud

16 [11] Yisrael Beitenu

11 [15] Labor

10 [11] Shas

10 [19] Yesh Atid

08 [06] Meretz

07 [12] Bayit Yehudi

04 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ

02 [06] Movement

02 [02] Kadima

00 [00] Am Shalem

11 [11] Hadash, Ra’am-Ta’al and Balad

76 [61] Right-Religious

44 [59] Center-Left-Arab

Knesset Jeremy Analysis: In this scenario poll, Likud+Yisrael Beitenu+Bayit Yehudi come out to 62 seats. Right-Religious block with Shas+UTJ come out to 76, an increase of four seats from the above poll.

Channel 1 broadcast a poll on Jan 21 2014.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

34 [31] Likud Beitenu

16 [15] Labor

13 [19] Yesh Atid

13 [12] Bayit Yehudi

10 [11] Shas

07 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ

07 [06] Meretz

04 [06] Movement

03 [00] Strong Israel

02  [02] Kadima

11 [11] Hadash, Ra’am-Ta’al and Balad

67 [61] Right-Religious

53 [59] Center-Left-Arab

Knesset Jeremy Analysis: Right-Religious block at 67 is an interesting number. One reason might be the decision of the polling company to list Strong Israel as an option.

Panels conducted a poll that was broadcast by Knesset Channel 99 on Jan 16 2014.

Additionally, Panels conducted a scenario poll with a Kachalon Party.

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

34 [31] Likud Beitenu

19 [15] Labor

15 [19] Yesh Atid

12 [12] Bayit Yehudi

09 [11] Shas

08 [06] Meretz

07 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ

05 [06] Movement

04 [04] Hadash

04 [04] Ra’am-Ta’al

03 [03] Balad

00 [02] Kadima

62 [61] Right-Religious

58 [59] Center-Left-Arab

Knesset Jeremy Analysis: Center-Left bloc gains 2 seats and reduces the gap from 8 seats to 4 seats. Likud Beitenu remains stable. Labor and Yesh Atid get a bump and Meretz’s slump continues. Bayit Yehudi drops 2 seats from last week.

Scenario Poll: With Kachalon Party

Current Knesset seats in [brackets]

31 [31] Likud Beitenu

15 [15] Labor

13 [19] Yesh Atid

12 [12] Bayit Yehudi

12 [–] Kachalon Party

08 [11] Shas

07 [07] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ

06 [06] Meretz

05 [06] Movement

04 [04] Hadash

04 [04] Ra’am-Ta’al

03 [03] Balad

00 [02] Kadima

70 [61] Right-Religious-Kachalon

50 [59] Center-Left-Arab

Knesset Jeremy Analysis: If you place Kachalon in the right block you are looking at 70 seats. The 8 seats (of 12) Kachalon takes are: 4 from Labor, 2 from Yesh Atid, 2 from Meretz. The 4 seats from the right are 3 from Likud Beitenu and 1 from Shas.

Additional Questions:

Do you believe Prime Minister Netanyahu when he says that the government that he heads is trying to reach peace with the Palestinians?

48% No, 32% Yes. (The left doesn’t believe Netanyahu, the right does)

Do you think Secretary Kerry is operating in the right direction in regards to the diplomatic negotiations?

53% Wrong direction, 27% Right direction.

How should Prime Minister Netanyahu act towards Defense Minister Yaalon following Yaalon’s remarks on Kerry?

34% Don’t do anything, 27% distance himself from the words publicly, 18% to deal with him privately, 11% fire him.

Do you think the Israelis and Palestinians are close to signing an interim-agreement?

53% Far from agreement 27% No chance for agreement 11% Close to agreement.

Who has the most blame as to why there is no significant breakthrough in the diplomatic negotiations?

63% Palestinians 15% Israelis