It now appears that following the next Knesset elections, there is a possibility of forming a coalition government that does not include the chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party, MK Avigdor Lieberman. Such a coalition would include the chareidim, Naftali Bennet and Ayelet Shaked.
According to the Panels Politics poll commissioned by Maariv, if elections were held today, the right-wing bloc would have 64 seats and it would not include Lieberman.
The poll shows that Likud with Moshe Kahlon would earn 37 seats while the Blue and White party headed by MK Benny Gantz would earn 33.
The third largest party will be Yahadut Hatorah with eight seats, which means MK Yitzchak Pindrus remains in Knesset. Shas follows with seven seats, the same number received by Yisrael Beitenu. The UNRW party received six seats and the New Right also receives six assuming Shaked is still running with Bennet.
The left-wing/Arab bloc receives 49 seats as Labor receives 4, Meretz 4, Hadash-Ta’al 7, Ra’am-Balad does not enter Knesset.
According to the poll, the Arab representation in Knesset is significantly compromised as well with Ra’am-Balad failing to reach the minimum electoral threshold to enter Knesset.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Hopefully, the Arab lists will fade from the scene completely. But the Right must unite: Bennet (with or without Shaked) must unite with Bayit Yehudi et al in order that no votes are wasted. Hopefully something was learned from the last fiasco!