Sixty-one Knesset members have recommended Chairman Benny Gantz of the Blue and White Party as their candidate to form the next government.
Following his meeting with Chairman Avigdor Liberman of the Yisrael Beytenu Party, President Reuven Rivlin said, "The mathematics is clear, but so is Liberman's unity message, so I will meet with Gantz and [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu before I cast the mandate."