Elections in Israel: Benny Gantz, the general "anti-corruption" who seeks to remove Benjamin Netanyahu from power

General Benny Gantz, former Israeli chief of staff, is the main rival of Benjamin Netanyahu in the Legislative Assembly Tuesday and seeks to expel the Prime Minister, who accuses him of endangering the institutions of the country.

Before embarking on the Israeli electoral battle in December, this ex-paracaidist was a recruit in politics. He formed a new centrist party, "Kahol Lavan", "Blue-white" in Spanish, in the colors of the Israeli flag, and fight against "corruption" Your campaign axis.

During the last legislative sessions in April, Gantz, who gathered the anti-Netanyahu votes, finished tied with the Likud Prime Minister, but he acknowledged his defeat because he was considered less likely to form a coalition.

Finally, Netanyahu also failed to form a government and new elections were summoned, to which Gantz returned, more aguerrido.

Almost two meters tall, Gantz does not hesitate to use his military background to criticize his rival. "When I led the combat unit" Shaldag "in operations in enemy territory, we risked our life, Benjamin Netanyahu, you went through with courage and determination. one makeup session on television, "he said in February.

The 60-year-old general promises unity after years of division and "zero tolerance" against the corrupt, at a time when Netanyahu is facing a possible cause of corruption, hard hand to defend the country and a more liberal view of social and religious issues.

Gantz hopes to get the votes of voters from the center and part of Netanyahu's right-wing coalition to become the third former Israeli chief of staff to access the head of government after Isaac Rabin and Ehud Barak.

That's Gantz who led the operations during two wars against the Gaza Strip. In one of his videos, he boasts of the number of Palestinian "terrorists" killed during the 2014 Gaza campaign, not to mention civilian casualtiesand in another, he says not to be ashamed to seek peace with the Arabs.

The platform "Blue-White" defends a separation between Israelis and Palestinians, but he does not mention the so-called two-state solution, namely a Palestinian next to Israel. On this issue, the status of Jerusalem, the annexation of a part of the Golan Heights or the policy towards Iran are difficult to establish the differences between the Gantz program and the point of view of Netanyahu.

Opponents of Gantz criticize a program they call "supermarket" in which everything is found, as well as its political inexperience. They also blame him for what they see as a lack of preparation during the 2014 war in Gaza.

Gantz is also a graduate in History of Tel Aviv University. He holds a Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Haifa and another in National Resource Management from the United States National Defense University. He is married and has four children.