The survey was conducted by the firm Midgam and published by Channel 13, and revealed that the four parties that make up the right-wing alliance would win 59 seats out of a total of 120 that make up the parliament.

Led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the 34-seat Likud would remain the country’s largest party, with its allies Shas, United Torah Judaism and Religious Zionism would gain eight, seven and 10, respectively.

On the other side, the alliance in power would win 55 seats, with the party of current head of government Yair Lapid, as the most voted, adding 22 seats.

According to the survey, the Joint List, a coalition of Arab and left-wing groups that advocates Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, would win the remaining six seats.

Since the call for new elections, all the polls, except one, confirmed the political paralysis of the country, headed for the fifth elections since April 2019.

Faced with the legislative stalemate, the deep differences between its members and the attacks of the right-wing opposition, the government coalition decided to call early elections after being in a parliamentary minority after several defections.

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