Kulanu facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kulanu כולנו‎
Leader	Moshe Kahlon
Founded	27 November 2014
Dissolved	28 May 2019
Split from	Likud, Kadima
Merged into	Likud
Ideology	Economic egalitarianism Consumer protection Social liberalism
Political position	Center to center-right
National affiliation	Likud (2019–2020)
Colours	Sky blue
Most MKs	10 (2015)
Election symbol
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Kulanu (which means All of Us in Hebrew) was a political party in Israel. It was created in 2014 by a politician named Moshe Kahlon. The party's main goal was to help people with money issues and the high cost of living in Israel. The party ended in 2019 when it joined another party called Likud.

The Story of Kulanu

The Kulanu party was officially started on November 27, 2014. Before this, its founder, Moshe Kahlon, had taken a break from politics. Many people guessed he would start a new party, and he did.

When the party was first created, polls suggested it could be very popular. Some polls even said that if Kulanu teamed up with another party, Yesh Atid, they could become the biggest group in the Knesset (Israel's parliament). However, the leaders of both parties said they would not team up.

The Prime Minister at the time, Benjamin Netanyahu, offered Kahlon the important job of Finance Minister if he would join his party, Likud. Kahlon said no. He wanted Kulanu to be its own separate party.

What Kulanu Believed In

Kulanu was known as a centrist party. This means its ideas were not on the far left or far right of politics, but more in the middle. The party cared a lot about making the economy fair for everyone and helping the middle class.

Moshe Kahlon, the party's leader, grew up in a family that didn't have a lot of money. This made him want to help working-class families. Before starting Kulanu, he was famous for making cell phone service much cheaper in Israel. He did this by bringing in more competition. He hoped to do the same for banking and housing.

Economic Goals

Kulanu's main focus was on making life more affordable. They had several key ideas to fix the economy:

Making Housing Cheaper

• Build 250,000 new homes by making the building process faster and easier.
• Break up the power of the Israel Lands Authority, which controls most of the land for building. This would create more competition and lower prices.
• Control the price of renting apartments to make it more affordable.

Fairer Banking

• Encourage smaller banks to grow to create more competition with the big banks.
• Separate banks from credit card companies to give people more choices.

Other Money Issues

• Increase competition in the food industry to lower prices for shoppers.
• Make sure that the country's natural gas supply is not controlled by just one company.
• Bring changes to the Israel Electric Corporation to make it work better.

Foreign Policy Ideas

Foreign policy is about how a country deals with other countries. Kulanu's ideas on this were more moderate. Kahlon believed that Israel should be willing to give up land to achieve peace.

Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States, was a member of Kulanu. He believed in a two-state solution, where both Israelis and Palestinians would have their own countries. He thought it was important to improve living conditions for Palestinians in the West Bank.

Other Important Issues

Kulanu also had views on other topics:

• It supported civil marriage, which would allow people to get married without a religious ceremony. This included same-sex couples.
• It wanted to allow some public transportation to run on Saturdays, which is the Jewish day of rest called Shabbat.
• It was against a law called the "nation-state bill," which some people felt was unfair to non-Jewish citizens of Israel.

Kulanu in the Government

In the 2015 election, Kulanu did very well for a new party. It won 10 seats in the Knesset, making it the fifth-largest party.

After the election, Kulanu joined the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As part of the deal, Kulanu's leader, Moshe Kahlon, became the Finance Minister. The party also got control of other important areas, like the Housing Ministry and the Environmental Protection Ministry. This allowed them to work on their goals of lowering the cost of living and fixing the housing market.

Leaders of the Party

Leader			Took office	Left office
		Moshe Kahlon	2014	2019

Election Results

This table shows how many votes and seats Kulanu won in the elections it participated in.

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2015	Moshe Kahlon	315,360	7.49 (#5)	10 / 120		Coalition
April 2019		152,756	3.54 (#10)	4 / 120	6	Caretaker

See also

In Spanish: Kulanu (partido político) para niños