And while the studios and newspapers are quarreling over the proper treatment of MK Itamar Ben Gabvir, the election polls show that Ben Gabvir is actually very popular among the voters. Let’s start with the blocs – according to the poll, a bloc of Netanyahu’s opponents is on the safe way to form a government based on the joint list with 61 mandates, while a bloc Netanyahu with 59 seats. Nevertheless, Likud leads by a wide margin over Yesh Atid with 32 seats, compared to 23 seat seats for the party controlled by Prime Minister Yair Lapid.
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The third largest party in Israel is the state camp of Benny Gantz with 12 mandates, immediately followed by the religious Zionism and Jewish Power of Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gabvir respectively with 11 mandates. The two religious parties, Shas and Torah Judaism, obtain 9 and 7 mandates respectively.