Could this grieving political novice defeat Netanyahu? The polls say yes
The polls say yesBy Matthew KnottJuly 25, 2026SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.ShareAAAEach day, Benjamin Netanyahu’s date with political destiny draws closer. He founded his centrist political party Yashar (meaning “honest” or “straight”) last September. At the beginning of the year, the polls showed his party winning only around eight or nine seats – far below the 27 or so seats claimed by Netanyahu’s conservative Likud party.
- ▪The polls say yesBy Matthew KnottJuly 25, 2026SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.ShareAAAEach day, Benjamin Netanyahu’s date with political destiny draws closer.
- ▪He founded his centrist political party Yashar (meaning “honest” or “straight”) last September.
- ▪At the beginning of the year, the polls showed his party winning only around eight or nine seats – far below the 27 or so seats claimed by Netanyahu’s conservative Likud party.
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