The latest Israel Radio poll places Likud ahead but Yair Lapid and his Yesh Atid party remain strong, posing a real threat of being in a pivotal position following the next Knesset elections.

Number in parenthesis reflects the current Knesset

Likud 26 (30)

Yesh Atid 21 (11)

Machane Tzioni 13 (24)

Arab Bloc 13 (13)

Bayit Yehudi 12 (8)

Yisrael Beitenu 8 (6)

Shas 7 (7)

Yahadut Hatorah 7 (6)

Kulanu 7 (10)

Meretz 6 (5)

Clearly Machane Tzioni, the former Labor party, takes a strong hit as all recent polls show, as the chareidim remain stable and the dati leumi Bayit Yehudi party gains a third.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)