Recent polling averages place Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party slightly ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud as the single largest party ahead of the October 27 Knesset election, with Yashar typically projected at 21–23 seats versus Likud’s 20–22. Both the pro-Netanyahu bloc and the Zionist opposition bloc hover near 51 seats in most surveys, short of the 61-seat majority required to form a government. Arab parties hold additional leverage in several scenarios. Eisenkot’s emphasis on security credentials, a state inquiry into October 7 failures, and universal national service has consolidated centrist and moderate-right support, while Netanyahu’s coalition partners continue to constrain bloc totals. Traders assign Yashar a modest edge in forming or joining the next government on the basis of these seat trends and coalition math.