Welfare Minister Moshe Kachlon may establish a new right-wing party focusing on social welfare. Kachlon has announced that he will not run for a spot on the Likud list.

Rumors of a new party follow a Channel 2 poll showing that a party headed by Kachlon could get 20 Knesset seats. Likud insiders have dismissed the poll as a media effort to play down Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s significant campaign lead.