Unity, a right-wing party formed in August 2026 by Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein after splitting from Likud, withdrew from the October 27 Knesset election in early September following persistently low polling well below the 3.25% threshold and unsuccessful alliance talks, including with Blue and White. Candidate lists closed shortly afterward with no Unity entry, leaving the party outside the contest. Recent surveys of active lists show comparable small parties such as Blue and White or Noam L'Yisrael hovering near or under 1%, while Unity receives no measurable support. The near-certainty of a sub-0.5% outcome reflects these structural barriers; late shifts would require extraordinary events such as court intervention or unprecedented write-in activity, both viewed as remote by traders.