This list is no longer running. It withdrew on 19 October 2026. What follows is the record of the campaign it ran. The polls it featured in are still on the poll tracker.
Benny Gantz's centrist party, founded in 2018 as Israel Resilience and back under the Blue & White name after Gadi Eisenkot and Matan Kahana left in 2025. It ran on national unity across the blocs, and Gantz withdrew it from the race on 19 October 2026, eight days before the vote.
The list, who comes with them
How this list is picked. Gantz picks the list himself; there is no primary.
Benny GantzParty Chairman, Lt. Gen. (res.)→
Pnina Tamano-ShataMK, former Aliyah & Integration Minister→
Aliza BlochFormer mayor of Beit Shemesh · wants Education Minister→
Roi KonkolFormer prime minister’s spokesman→
Rotem Avidar-TzalikLawyer and Service Members’ Lobby founder→
Alon SchusterMK and State Control Committee chair→
Mufid Mar'iFormer MK→
Yehudit Oliel-MalkaSderot deputy mayor and lawyer→
Ariel BazizJerusalem councillor, business portfolio→
Moria SilfenTask Force on Human Trafficking and Prostitution chief executive→Show 20 more namesShow fewer
Juliana Ben AvrahamNetanya councillor, youth and youth movements portfolio→
Monica Lev-CohenBusiness consultant and SoftSkills founder→Shai ZoldanKiryat Gat councillor and lawyer→Lili KedarMedical Corps veteran→Shai DavidEducator and business owner→Ben PeretzCandidate→Sharona AmarBe'er Tuvia regional councillor→Ruth Shalev-VodislavskyBlue and White youth chair→Irad HershkovitzNational Parents Leadership board member→Nahi YosefFormer agriculture minister’s assistant→David AssayagAshdod city councillor and photographer→Noa MantverCandidate→Emanuel StravorvadisRimon campus manager→Zion RahavCandidate→Michael GarbiCandidate→Moshe Mor EdriCandidate→Yeshayahu ShakedCandidate→Yosef ZimbrisCandidate→Ruth ValentiCandidate→Amir ShoshaniReserve major and former Metula security coordinator→Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. At 0 projected seats, roughly the top 0 names get in.
Where they stand
Judea & SamariaShrink the conflict, block a binational state↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityHostages first; buffer zones and deterrence↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Nation & CitizenshipIndividual equality by Basic Law, Jewish state at the core↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state