Israeli polls project near-tie between Netanyahu and opposition camps ahead of Knesset election

Three Israeli polls projected a tight Knesset race, with two showing near-parity between Netanyahu's bloc and the opposition and a third projecting a Netanyahu lead.

• A Ma'ariv poll published Friday by the Lazar Research Institute gave each camp 52 seats, with Yesh Atid at 21 and Likud at 20.
• An Israel Hayom survey also projected 51 seats for each camp, with the uncommitted Hendel-Zelicha alliance holding five seats.
• An I24 poll gave Netanyahu's bloc 60 seats against 48 for the opposition camp.
• Respondents ranked the cost of living at 29 percent ahead of security and war among election priorities.