Moshe Kahlon, who retired from politics before the elections, is now declaring in an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth that he intends to return and run in the next elections - but, he says, has not yet decided in what framework.
In the previous term, Kahlon, who served as Minister of Communications, was considered the Likud's Social Minister. In his role, he led the transformation of the media market and its opening to competition – and won great sympathy.
Kahlon does not spare himself in the interview - which he gave to journalist Amira Lem and will be published in full on Friday - criticism of his former party: "The question is what is Likud? My Likud was really Menachem Begin's Likud, which also represented a social path: reducing gaps, rehabilitating neighborhoods, social rehabilitation, educational rehabilitation. "It was a pragmatic Likud, which also knew how to make peace when necessary. That is the Likud for me. But this Likud no longer exists, today I have difficulty with some of the things that are happening in it.".
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Kahlon continues his attack: "Likud is a path, Likud is social sensitivity, Likud is compassion, Likud is caring for the weak, but Likud is no longer there, it has strayed from the path. In recent years, Likud's social flag has folded.
""The right-wing elements in the Likud have folded the social flag in favor of the political-security one. This is the main damage. The Likud may pay a price for this. We must remember that a large portion of Likud voters expect a more social Likud.".
Kahlon also attacked the Netanyahu government in the interview: "Poor results in the cost of living, poor results in brain drain, poor results in food prices and housing prices. There is a very difficult feeling today.".
Kahlon also talks in the interview about his relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and says: "He always understood that he had an ideological clash with me on the social background, always. Even at faction meetings. Throughout the whole process, we didn't see eye to eye on these issues. For example, I supported the social protest, I thought it was right. I guess that was something that really upset him.".
