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Status: OpenExpected resolution date: Jan 1, 2027Last updated: Oct 5, 2026

Benjamin Netanyahu will be appointed Prime Minister of Israel following the next general election, by December 31, 2026.

What is the probability that Benjamin Netanyahu will be appointed Prime Minister of Israel following the next general election, by December 31, 2026? As of Oct 5, 2026: the evidence estimate is 45%; the tracked-source panel average is 48%.

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Evidence estimate
45%

Who called it — by source

Panel average: 48%
Source / PersonConfidenceConfidence Over TimeBrier / Track Record
Amit Segal
Person
46
0.3 · Poor (6)
Ben Caspit
Person
55
as of Sep 5, 2026
0.29 · Poor (11)
Nadav Eyal
Person
52
0.32 · Poor (3)
Tal Shalev
Person
42
as of Aug 24, 2026
0.5 · Poor (1)
Guy Bechor
Person
59
as of Aug 24, 2026
0.3 · Poor (4)
Hananya Naftali
Person
65
as of Aug 10, 2026
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Israel National News
Outlet
63
as of Aug 28, 2026
0.34 · Poor (7)
Middle East Eye
Outlet
59
as of Sep 3, 2026
0.22 · Fair (4)
Walla
Outlet
57
as of Aug 27, 2026
0.16 · Good (11)
Maariv
Outlet
57
as of Aug 24, 2026
0.15 · Good (9)
BBC News
Outlet
55
as of Aug 24, 2026
—
Jerusalem Post
Outlet
54
0.2 · Fair (10)
Ynet
Outlet
51
0.13 · Good (11)
Le Monde
Outlet
49
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Srugim
Outlet
44
0.26 · Poor (10)
Ynetnews
Outlet
42
as of Aug 24, 2026
0.14 · Good (7)
Al Jazeera
Outlet
41
0.14 · Good (8)
iranherald.com
Other source
100
as of Aug 24, 2026
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כיכר השבת
Other source
86
0.17 · Good (1)
HaPargod
Other source
78
0.15 · Good (2)
Meduza
Other source
73
0.41 · Poor (1)
David E Rosenberg
Other source
64
as of Aug 24, 2026
—
Ayush Pandey
Other source
60
—
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Other source
56
as of Sep 5, 2026
0.25 · Poor (1)
Joe Fisher
Other source
55
as of Aug 24, 2026
—
Tarek Chouiref; Khaled Yousef
Other source
54
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ecfr.eu
Other source
50
as of Aug 28, 2026
—
Abdel Raouf Arnaout; Mohammad Sio
Other source
48
as of Sep 5, 2026
—
Emma Graham-Harrison
Other source
47
as of Aug 24, 2026
0 · Excellent (1)
FRANCE 24
Other source
44
as of Sep 5, 2026
—
Khaled Yousef; Ikram Kouachi
Other source
44
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al-monitor.com
Other source
41
as of Aug 24, 2026
0.28 · Poor (2)
Aaron David Miller; Daniel C Kurtzer
Other source
41
as of Aug 24, 2026
—
Shira Efron; Opinion Contributor
Other source
41
—
Julia Ley; ARD-Studio Tel Aviv
Other source
40
—
Maayan Lubell Jul
Other source
36
as of Aug 24, 2026
0.14 · Good (1)
tehrantimes.com
Other source
35
—
Andrew Roth
Other source
35
as of Aug 24, 2026
—
pbs.org
Other source
35
as of Aug 24, 2026
—
Alexandra Sharp
Other source
35
as of Aug 24, 2026
—
כיכר השבת; יוני גבאי
Other source
35
as of Aug 29, 2026
0.3 · Poor (6)
Gregory WALTON Sep
Other source
35
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Zein Khalil; Serdar Dincel
Other source
33
as of Aug 27, 2026
0.72 · Poor (2)
TOI World Desk
Other source
24
as of Aug 24, 2026
0 · Excellent (1)
Douglas E. Schoen and Saul Mangel, opinion contributors
Other source
22
as of Aug 24, 2026
—
Or-ly Barlev
Other source
6
—
middleeaststar.com
Other source
0
as of Aug 20, 2026
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