Kulanu
|
Kulanu
כולנו |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Leader | Moshe Kahlon |
| Founded | 27 November 2014 |
| Ideology |
Liberal Zionism Economic egalitarianism Consumer protection Social liberalism National liberalism Centrism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| Knesset |
10 / 120
|
| Most MKs | 10 (2015) |
| Election symbol | |
| כ | |
| Website | |
| www.kulanu-party.co.il | |
Kulanu (Hebrew: כולנו, lit. All of Us), also transliterated Koolanu, is a centrist political party in Israel led by Moshe Kahlon that focuses on economic and cost-of-living issues.
The party was established on 27 November 2014 following months of speculation that Moshe Kahlon would form a new party after he took a break from politics in 2013.Opinion polls in the summer of 2014 had suggested that a new party formed by Kahlon could win 5–8 seats in the Knesset. The official party organization forms listed as founders of the party: Kahlon; Orna Angel, architect and former Ehud Barak adviser and Labor Party official; and Avi Gabai, former Bezeq director-general.
Although the party was initially nameless, on 10 December, it was announced that it would be called Kulanu. In the week following its establishment, initial opinion polls put the new party at 10–13 seats. Polls also projected that should Kulanu join a list with Yesh Atid, they could win 24 seats in the Twentieth Knesset, the most of any list. Kulanu leader Kahlon and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid both denied their parties would form a joint ticket.
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly offered Kahlon the post of Finance Minister (as well as portfolios for others) in the next government if he agreed to a joint ticket with Likud, but Kahlon declined. Nevertheless, on the day of the Israeli election, 17 March 2015, Likud admitted to having forged a recording of Kahlon promising to support Netanyahu, which was distributed to voters the night prior. Calling the forgery "criminal", Kahlon asked for an investigation by the election committee.
...
Wikipedia