Moshe Kahlon, a government minister from the Likud Party, said he would not establish a new party, despite high polling numbers. Kahlon, the outgoing communications minister, said Saturday night that he would take a break from politics, as he announced last month, and would support Likud and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming elections. "I will not run for the 19th Knesset, and I am firm in my decision," Kahlon said. "Likud is my home, my political and social home. In the coming elections, I will …More

A Likud government minister who said two weeks ago that he is quitting politics is deciding whether to establish a new party. Polls show a new party headed by outgoing Communications Minister Moshe Kahlon garnering up to 20 Knesset seats in new elections. Kahlon said he will decide in the next week whether to establish his own party. A Kahlon-led party would likely support Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister, but would oppose his social and economic policies, according to Haaretz. During the recent Likud …More

British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould opened the first of six clubs meant to bring together Holocaust survivors in Israel this week. Gould has raised over $1.5 million for the project in the past year and plans to raise double that amount this next year from his coalition of supporters, which includes the British Chief Rabbi’s Office, the Board of Deputies of British Jewry, and the Holocaust Education Trust. Gould's plan calls for specialized social clubs across the Jewish state, including in Givat …More