Recent Israeli polls show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc holding 51–54 Knesset seats, short of the 61-seat majority needed to form a government after the October 27 election. The opposing Zionist parties sit at roughly 52–55 seats, with Arab parties projected to hold the balance at 12–14 seats. Neither side has secured commitments for a stable coalition, raising prospects of deadlock, a unity government, minority arrangement, or repeat elections that would extend Netanyahu’s role as caretaker. His Likud party trails or ties Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar in seat projections, while ongoing coalition negotiations, judicial overhaul efforts, and post-October 2023 war dynamics continue to shape voter sentiment ahead of the vote.