Rumored ‘Likud B’ party led by Erdan and Edelstein picks up 5 seats in new ToI poll
A new right-wing party led by former Likud ministers Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein would win five Knesset seats if elections were held today, but would eliminate two similar parties and fail to end the electoral stalemate, according to a poll from The Times of Israel’s Hebrew sister site Zman Yisrael.The poll, published Thursday, saw 55 of the Knesset’s 120 seats going to Zionist parties opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 49 to Netanyahu’s Likud and its allies, and 11 to Arab-majority parties, whom some anti-Netanyahu party leaders reject as governing partners.The survey predicts that neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor the Zionist opposition would secure a majority of 61 seats even if joined by the so-called “Likud B” party that Erdan and Edelstein are reportedly mulling as a more statesmanlike alternative to the legacy party, ahead of the October 27 election.Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot’s centrist Yashar party continued its run…
A recent poll by The Times of Israel's Hebrew sister site, Zman Yisrael, indicates that a new right-wing party, dubbed "Likud B" and reportedly led by former Likud ministers Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein, would secure five Knesset seats if elections were held today. This new party, however, would not break the current electoral stalemate, as neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor the Zionist opposition would achieve a 61-seat majority, even with its inclusion. The poll, published Thursday, shows former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot's centrist Yashar party leading the Zionist opposition with 23 seats, while Netanyahu's Likud received 20 seats. Edelstein recently left Likud, citing disagreements over the ultra-Orthodox draft exemption, and is expected to partner with Erdan, who has also criticized the government's stance on the issue.
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