Pronóstico: Who will be the next Prime Minister of Israel after the next election?

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Market context

Polymarket currently prices this contract at **33%** for Benjamin Netanyahu, with the rest of the market implying the field is still open rather than settled around one successor. On Polymarket, the outcome is represented by USDC-backed conditional tokens on Polygon, so the price reflects where traders think the final sworn-in prime minister will land after the election, not who merely leads in polls.

That 33% reading fits the broader pattern of Israeli coalition politics: incumbency matters, but so does coalition arithmetic after the vote. Netanyahu is the sitting prime minister, which gives him a structural path to remain in office if he can assemble a majority, but Reuters reported in late June that former military chief Gadi Eisenkot had been surging in polls and emerging as a serious challenger, while other names such as Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Lieberman remain in play.[6][8][9][12][15] For a trader, the key comparison is not just vote share but who can be officially nominated, form a government, and be sworn in after the Knesset coalition talks.

The main catalysts are the election timetable, coalition negotiations, and any early election trigger that could accelerate resolution. Israel’s legislative election is scheduled for 27 October 2026, and under the market rules an earlier election would pull the resolution date forward to the next formally sworn-in prime minister after that contest.[11][12] Watch for leadership announcements, party list changes, polling shifts, and post-election coalition endorsements from bloc leaders, since the presidency’s nomination and the Knesset confidence vote determine who actually takes office.[12][14]

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