“With Kahlon and Lapid, we’ll be able to bring down Netanyahu next time,” a senior member of the Zionist Camp told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity July 3. This seasoned political wolf believes that the political system is ready to spew out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and in his opinion, all that is needed is to transfer a few mandates from the right-wing bloc to the left.
This left-wing politician counts Finance Minister and Kulanu Party Chairman Moshe Kahlon in the left-wing camp. And that is a mistake. True, Kahlon, a former Likud member, is the social-justice banner carrier in the government. True, the lion’s share of voters for Kahlon are moderate right-wingers — who many people call “the old-time Likud.” It is also true that Kahlon never forgave Netanyahu for causing him to leave the Likud in October 2014. Like former Likud Ministers Moshe Ya’alon and Gideon Saar, Kahlon also has personal motives to bring down Netanyahu.