National Unity Party

Opposition holds 61-seat edge despite coalition drama, 'Maariv' poll finds

The new survey published Friday shows the anti-Netanyahu bloc held 61 seats as debate over Haredi draft, UN Gaza plan, and Saudi normalization roils politics.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
Opposition lawmakers seen at the Knesset, October 27, 2025
MK Gadi Eisenkot seen at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 30, 2025.

National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot formally resigns from Knesset

"I have seen greatness in serving the people," he wrote. "I will act with faith and commitment to creating a leadership alternative worthy of the State of Israel."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ELIAV BREUER
MK Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2025.

Eisenkot's exit: Reflective of Israel's antiquated politics that need to change - editorial

While that setup may serve the party leader well, it weakens and dilutes democracy by reducing transparency, participation, competition, and accountability.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
MK Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2025.

Eisenkot hazy on National Unity exit, vows to create Zionist democratic bloc in address

"They said there are ideological gaps, I don't recognize that," he said, contradicting Gantz's explanation, which stated that there were "significant ideological differences."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MAARIV

Israeli election poll: Benny Gantz regains decisive lead over Netanyahu

According to the poll, Gantz's National Unity Party would garner 29 mandates to Likud's 26.

JUNE 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK BENNY Gantz speaks to the media in Sderot last week. Yair Lapid may prefer chaos, and Benjamin Netanyahu may prefer delay, but that’s why their polls keep plummeting while Gantz’s is rising, says the writer.

'Post-Zionist agendas' entered Israel's court system, Yariv Levin charges

Lapid and Gantz meet on Judicial Selection Committee • Gideon Sa'ar tells justice minister to 'go hospitalize himself'

MAY 31, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin during a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on May 28, 2023

New Israeli poll leaves both blocs unable to form majority government

The poll additionally found over half of Israelis believe the new budget mainly serves constituents of the coalition.

MAY 25, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and then-defense minister Benny Gantz sit at the head of the government table in the Knesset plenum, in 2021

Netanyahu's Likud drops in polls, one week after Gaza operation

Benny Gantz’s National Unity Party would receive 28 seats, compared with 27 last week and 31 two weeks ago.

MAY 19, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
PM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU speaks at a Jerusalem conference on Jabotinsky. Notes a protester: ‘I'm from a revisionist family. What’s happening today in the Knesset goes against what the Likud used to be.’

New polls show Gantz still ahead of Netanyahu and Lapid

Both polls found that the former coalition would earn 63 seats, while the current coalition would earn 52 seats.

MAY 8, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK BENNY GANTZ is surrounded by a heavy security presence at a protest last month outside the Knesset against the government’s planned judicial overhaul.

The Gantz enigma: How the former chief of staff rode the wave of unity

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: What is it about the ex-chief of staff that continues to hold sway over hundreds of thousands of Israelis?

MAY 5, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
MK Benny Gantz seen during a protest outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, against the government's planned judicial overhaul, on March 27, 2023.

Gantz at 31 seats, ahead of Netanyahu in suitability for prime minister - poll

The poll also found that almost three-fourths (73%) of Israelis are pessimistic about the government’s ability to lower the number of homicides in Israel

MAY 5, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
MK BENNY GANTZ is surrounded by a heavy security presence at a protest last month outside the Knesset against the government’s planned judicial overhaul.

Yesh Atid is falling behind Likud in media polls - analysis

True, the protests are hurting the government in the polls, but rather than strengthening Lapid, they are helping his rival Gantz.

APRIL 30, 2023ByHERB KEINON
Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid is seen gesturing at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023.

Netanyahu's Likud wins just 23 seats to Benny Gantz's 28 in new poll

A new poll indicates that if elections were held today, the political parties in the opposition would earn 70 seats, with Gantz's National Unity Party earning 28.

APRIL 28, 2023ByMOSHE COHEN/MAARIV ONLINE
A WEARY Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

With Passover over, judicial reform teams prepare for marathon negotiations

Discussions included a three-hour discussion held at the President's Residence on Monday between the representatives of the coalition and those of Yesh Atid and National Unity

APRIL 12, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
The Law Committee votes on changes to the Judicial Selection Committee.