BLUE & WHITE * Poll projection: 35 seats

Its leader has been in politics for barely two months but former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz is in a dead head with Benjamin Netanyahu. His alliance combines his Israel Resilience Party with two other former IDF generals, Moshe Yaalon and Gabi Ashkenazi, and Yair Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid. Many polls suggest Blue & White could win more seats than any other faction in the Knesset; whether it can form a coalition is another matter. * Combines: Israel Resilience, Yesh Atid, Telem