Herzog rejects Kahlon plea to join government

After Moshe Kahlon calls for him to join the government, Isaac Herzog responds with a slightly more polite version of a 13-year-old’s “talk to the hand.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) shakes hands with leader of the Kulanu party Moshe Kahlon (center) during the opening session of the 20th Knesset on March 31, 2015. At right is Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) shakes hands with leader of the Kulanu party Moshe Kahlon (center) during the opening session of the 20th Knesset on March 31, 2015. At right is Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

“I already told Kahlon what I had to tell him on Monday loudly and clearly,” the opposition leader harrumphs, according to Walla news.

On Monday, Herzog urged Kahlon to leave the government and cause its collapse, appealing to him as the last centrist element in a right-wing coalition.

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