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| Amir Peretz and Labor Party's Secretary-General Eitan Cabel Photo: Eli Elgarat
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Poll: Kadima, Labor up, Likud down
Amir Peretz's newly elected team brings his Knesset faction back to its current size, survey conducted by Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth and Dahaf Institute reveals; Likud loses one Knesset seat compared to previous poll
Ynet
On the day after the Labor Party's primary election results
were published, the party's chairman Amir Peretz can put on a small smile. According to a poll conducted by Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth and the Dahaf Institute headed by Dr. Mina Tzemach, Labor is gaining strength and its number of Knesset seats is now equal to its current faction size.
The poll reveals that Kadima is set to gain 43 Knesset seats, a rise of one seat compared to the previous poll. Labor follows with 21 seats, up four seats compared to the last poll.
The Likud, headed by Knesset Member Benjamin Netanyahu, is expected to receive 12 Knesset seats, a drop of one seat from the previous poll.
The religious party Shas gains 9 Knesset seats in the poll, followed by the ultra-orthodox party United Torah Judaism and the right-wing party Israel Our Home, which are each set to receive 6 Knesset seats.
The right-wing National Union party and the left-wing Meretz-Yahad party are each expected to gain 5 seats, while the National Religious Party is down to 3 seats.
The poll also reveals that the Ale Yarok party, which raises the banner of environmental issues and legalizing soft drugs, is set to receive two Knesset seats.
Shinui, which suffered an internal turmoil last week, is expected to vanish and stay out of the Knesset, according to the current poll.
The poll was conducted on Wednesday, after the results of the Labor primaries were already published. It included 500 respondents, who constitute a representative sample of Israel's adult population. The maximal sampling error was 4.4. percent.
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