From the military to politics, who is Matan Kahane, the candidate of the anti-Netanyahu camp for the presidency of the Israeli Knesset?
He spent 28 years in the Israeli army, reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and participated in 3 wars in Gaza in 2008, 2012 and 2014 and in the Lebanon war in 2006.
He entered politics in 2019, and received the Ministry of Religious Services between 2021 and 2022, before joining the Ishar party led by Gadi Eisenkot.
The Knesset will vote on November 17 to elect a new president, amid the efforts of the Change camp to seize the presidency of the parliament from the Likud party led by Netanyahu.