Despite election loss, Gantz confident he will one day be PM

Despite his Blue and White party losing by a seat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud in elections last week, Benny Gantz is sure that he will be premier, one day soon.

In a clip from an interview with Channel 12’s “Uvda” investigative news program to be aired Sunday evening, Gantz took a glass full approach to the election outcome, noting that Blue and White received 35 seats, despite not having existed two months before.

“First of all, let’s look at the size our accomplishment [in the elections]. This is truly unprecedented,” says Gantz, a former military chief.

With Likud as the largest party and Netanyahu in the clearest position to form a ruling majority, Gantz appears destined for the opposition benches during the next Knesset, but vows to work on behalf of all Israelis in whatever role he occupies.

“I will serve all of Israeli society,” he says. “Those who voted for me, those who didn’t.”

While acknowledging he would not immediately be moving to the Prime Minister’s Residence, Gantz expresses confidence he will be there in the future.

“One day, I will definitely be prime minister,” he says.

Asked if he was sure about this, Gantz says, “100 percent.”