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Latest scandal could hand Kahlon election

The latest developments in the Netanyahu residence scandal might tip the electoral balance and drive Likud supporters toward Moshe Kahlon's center-right Kulanu Party.
Israeli politician and popular former Likud minister Moshe Kahlon visits the Jerusalem outdoors Mahne Yehuda market on January 21, 2015 during his campaign for the upcoming general election. Kahlon, who in November 2014 announced a comeback, is at the head of a new centre-right party called "Kulanu" (All Of Us). AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON        (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images)
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On the evening of Feb. 19, 650 residents of Rishon Lezion braved a storm of rain mixed with hail to attend a campaign event for Moshe Kahlon, chair of the Kulanu Party, at the Mofet Hall.

While Kahlon was laying out his vision before a packed house, his advisers were intently following media reports about the testimony against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife being given at the same time to police by Manny Naftali, the former housekeeper of the prime minister’s official residence.

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