Potential coalition kingmaker Feiglin may recommend himself for PM

Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin will consider recommending himself as prime minister after the election, a party source tells The Times of Israel, a move that could potentially remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s perceived edge in the post-vote coalition calculation.

With Feiglin insisting he does not have a preference between Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, for Israel’s next premier, the party could emerge as a kingmaker in a tightly contested race.

Channel 12, meanwhile, reports that Feiglin will only decide on whether to recommend Gantz or Netanyahu after negotiating with both over his policy proposals. Feiglin has previously demanded he receive the Finance Ministry, if he is to join the next government.

— Raoul Wootliff