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Poll puts Israel’s opposition and Netanyahu coalition level before election

France 24 reports a dead heat between the blocs a month before polling day, as four opposition leaders pledge to work together.

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Adrian Cole
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Source: France 24 International · View original source
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A new opinion poll has put Israel’s opposition bloc level with Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s coalition, a month before the country’s 27 October election, France 24 reported on 28 September.

The opposition bloc is led by Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party. The poll’s reported dead heat is a measure of current opinion, not an election result.

The report also says leaders of the four main opposition parties have pledged to work together. It does not specify the scope or terms of that pledge.

The supplied report gives no polling organisation, fieldwork dates, sample size, margin of error or detailed estimates. The available information therefore does not show how the reported balance was measured.

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