“All showed the centrist newcomer Moshe Kahlon with enough seats to determine who will be the next prime minister. “
Who is this guy? Any info on what he more likely join?
He is a former Likud member, but his emphasis is on social issues, and I would guess that he and his party would have preferred to form a government with the Labor-Meretz block.
Nevertheless, I don’t see how they can form a party with the Combined Arab List, and without the Arab parties it is impossible for the Left to get to 61 seats.
Incidentally, there is no reason besides racial identity politics, for the Arab voters to vote for the Combined Arab List instead of Likud, or even Labor. There is no anti-Arab plank in any of the parties’ platforms. Personally, I would love to see the Likud engage in outreach (without changing its positions) to the Arab citizens of Israel, but that is a separate issue.
Who is this guy? Any info on what he more likely join?
All that matters is our paper mache president can deal with. Like obama, they most probably found him under a rock.
Kahlon used to be a Knesset member in the Likud party (Netanyahu's party). He quit Likud to start a new party, Kulanu ("all of us"). He ran on a centrist platform, concentrating on domestic economic issues (chiefly, that the cost of living is going up too fast). The word is that he will join a coalition with whoever will make him the Finance Minister.