Now it's final: a new social actor in the next elections in the political arena.
According to a survey by the Rafi Smith Survey Institute, conducted for Globes About two weeks ago, it emerged that Kahlon's new party is expected to win 13 seats, a positive figure for the former minister, who has yet to officially establish a party or present a single person on the list.
Kahlon's party, which led the reform of the cellular market that led to a significant drop in prices, is becoming the third largest party according to the survey, while biting everyone: his social agenda is a refuge for the disappointed Yesh Atid, from which the former Minister of Social Affairs takes three seats; Kahlon receives two more from Naftali Bennett's Jewish Home; it swallows Tzipi Livni's movement; two seats are transferred to it from the Labor Party; and one seat from Meretz.
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The person who should be most worried is Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri. When Kahlon's party takes the field, for the first time in 20 years the Haredi party returns to a single-digit number of seats, after losing four seats to Kahlon.
Kahlon will be the tip of the scales.
Politically, Kahlon is a right-winger who was among Sharon's rebels and opposed the disengagement plan, but surprisingly, he draws his political strength from the center and the left.
According to the survey, the party that is least affected is his parent party, the Likud, but the political establishment believes that if he presents an attractive hive, a leak of branch and council heads will begin, and the gap between him and the Likud will narrow.
If the mandate map looks like the Globes poll, Kahlon will be the tipping point that could put Netanyahu on the opposition benches. This is one of the reasons for the hugs Kahlon received over the past 24 hours from the political establishment.
The 'Globes' poll joins a poll published last night on Channel 10, which indicates that if Moshe Kahlon, the former Likudnik, runs, he will win 10 seats, while Likud-Beitu will receive no less than 33 seats. According to this poll, Shas will receive only 7 seats.
Focuses on formulating courses of action and solutions
Since taking a break from the political arena, Kahlon has served as head of the Institute for Reforms and Leadership at Netanya College, and at the same time he is focusing on formulating methods of action and solutions to social hardships. In recent months, the former minister has recruited professional work teams that are diligently formulating programs on social issues, including lowering water prices, reducing housing prices, reducing food prices, and reforming the banking sector. The work teams include experts, entrepreneurs, social activists, and academics, including former Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Moshe Mandelbaum, former senior advisor to the Bank of Israel Governor Barry Taff, former antitrust commissioner Attorney Dror Strum, and former Director General of the Ministry of Communications Eden Bar Tal. In the areas of banking and the cost of living, the work teams also include experts from around the world.
According to Kahlon's plan, the working teams are supposed to finish formulating the plans before the elections, so that when he announces his candidacy, he can present finished solutions ready for implementation. Apparently, Kahlon's new party will be filled with professional elements with "credentials" in social fields and will fly the social flag.
