Benny Gantz (Kfar Ahim, 1959) has emerged as the main candidate to confront Netanyahu in the polls, with his party obtaining a tight victory in the past round of elections held in September 2019. He is the leader of Kahol Lavan (Blue and White), a newly formed political alliance set up on February 2019. Gantz is a former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who has joined forces with two additional former IDF chiefs of staff – former Minister of Defence Moshe Yaalon and Gabi Ashkenazi – as well as with former Minister of Finance Yair Lapid in his attempt to overthrow the current Primer Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In this way, Gantz presents himself as the leader of a centrist force, which avoids focusing on the Palestinian issue while emphasizing aspects of good governance and security expertise.  Although he enjoys certain popularity in the country, he is also a newcomer to politics and he failed to form a government in November after him and Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party couldn’t reach a coalition agreement.