Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely welcomed the approval of the merging of Kulanu into the Likud at the end of the Likud secretariat meeting.
"The Likud secretariat's decision today to include Kahlon and three other MKs from the Likud is part of the understanding that it is not possible for small parties to take captive an entire country. A large ruling party that cannot be blackmailed is a national interest, "Hotovely noted.