The election results carry major implications for Israeli politics, the future of the peace process and Netanyahu himself.

Despite the lack of political experience — Gantz had never served in any elected office or government ministry — within four months, he was able to create a viable alternative and the most serious challenge to Netanyahu in his career.

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The history of centrist parties is not an encouraging one, and there are no guarantees that Gantz’s Blue and White bloc will endure. But if there’s a future for an anti-right alternative, it may lie with Gantz or someone like him. It’s no coincidence that out of Likud’s three electoral defeats in the past decades, two came at the hands of Yitzhak Rabin and Ehud Barak, who like Gantz were former IDF chiefs of staff. If there is an alternative to Likud, it will have to be led by someone with a strong military background steeped in security doctrine and experience.

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