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

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Market context

The key change in the past 24–48 hours is that the race has remained framed as a two-way contest between Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eizenkot, with recent market pricing and reporting still treating Eizenkot as the main alternative to the incumbent rather than a broad field of possible winners.[1][2][7][12] That matters for a 33% implied probability because the contract only pays on the person sworn in after the election, so campaign momentum is only useful if it converts into a coalition able to appoint a prime minister, not merely into seat gains.[1][12]

Historically, Israeli leadership markets tend to trade on coalition arithmetic as much as polling. Netanyahu is the sitting prime minister and the longest-serving figure in the office, which gives him a strong base case if the right-wing bloc can stay intact after voting; but comparable cases also show that a challenger can overtake him if centrist and protest voters coalesce and coalition partners move early.[1][9][16] Eizenkot’s rise has been helped by his military profile and centrist-security appeal, while Naftali Bennett’s earlier standing has weakened after reports that he will not run, narrowing the field of credible non-Netanyahu paths.[1][2][5][7]

For traders, the near-term catalysts are the election timetable, candidate slates, and post-election alliance signals. Reuters reported on 26 June that Eizenkot was surging in polls and could oust Netanyahu, but the market will likely react more sharply to formal campaign launches, list-filing deadlines, and any explicit coalition pledges from Bennett-linked, Lapid-linked, or other centrist blocs.[7] Any early election call would bring the resolution date forward, while the crucial dependency remains whether the president’s nomination round produces a sworn-in prime minister before the settlement window closes.[1]

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