A poll commissioned by the Knesset Channel was carried out by Panels Politics. The poll shows that Kulanu party leader Moshe Kahlon leads the candidates to become Israel’s next finance minister.
Kahlon received 23% followed by Labor candidate Professor Manuel Trajtenberg with 20%, Yair Lapid with 10%, Yisrael Katz of Likud with 7%. A significant number, 40%, feels none of the persons mentioned are qualified.
What is the main reason you will be voting Kahlon?
46%: Because of him personally
26%: The party platform
26%: No one else to vote for
1%: Because of his list
What grade do you give to Kahlon’s lineup?
23%: Good
33%: Moderate
17%: Poor
27%: Don’t know
Kahlon supporters are debating. What parties are you debating with?
21%: Likud
18%: Bayit Yehudi
13%: Yesh Atid
11%: Labor/The Movement
8%: Yachad
4%: Yahadut Hatorah
3%: Yisrael Beitenu
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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The position is not elected but is given out based on coalition negotiations. For a small party (under 10 seats) to get Ministry of Finance, which is rich in patronage, is rare but not unheard of.
To the best of my recollection, Yair Lapid was the first Finance Minister not to come from the Prime Minister’s party (except for Moda’i under Peres but that was a Likud/Labor unity government).
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This secular israeli business journalist feels that Gafni would be the best of all choices for Finance minister
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