Blue and White Israel Resilience Party is a centrist, liberal Zionist political party in Israel founded in December 2018 by Benny Gantz, former Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
Benny Gantz at the Sderot Conference for Society, Sapir Academic College, 2015
Image: Benny Gantz 2019 (cropped)
Benjamin "Benny" Gantz is an Israeli politician and retired army general who has served as minister without portfolio since 2023. Gantz also served as Minister of Defense between 2020 and 2022 and as deputy prime minister between 2021 and 2022. From 2020 to 2021, he was the alternate prime minister.
Gantz in 2019
Gantz's IDF induction photo, 1977.
Colonel Benny Gantz with IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak during a Paratroopers Brigade exercise, 1996.
Gantz as Chief of General Staff