Tuesday's vote, Israel's first since the Oct 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, is the first chance for voters to deliver a verdict on the worst security failure in generations and the wars on multiple fronts that followed.With Netanyahu already at the helm of the most right-wing government in Israeli history, politics have shifted even further to the right. Nearly all Jewish-led parties, including that of the hawkish Eisenkot, now oppose the "two-state solution" that underpinned decades of peace negotiations with the Palestinians.But many voters say the divisive politics of Israel's longest-serving leader make the country weaker. Polls suggest Netanyahu's Likud Party will lose seats, potentially depriving his coalition of right-wing, far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties of its narrow majority.Eisenkot and an array of opposition parties ranging from the rump of the centre-left to the right, also have no clear path to unseat him.Netanyahu, 77, is an unrivalled master of political survival: the only time since 2009 that opponents managed to wrest him briefly from the premiership, it took four inconclusive elections within two years to get him out. He was back 18 months later.Neither side planned major public events for Monday. But both posted on social media, drumming on the election's major themes — for Netanyahu, that he is the only leader with the mettle to face down Israel's enemies; for his opponents, that his divisive politics have weakened the country.Netanyahu shared an AI-generated video on Monday of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, whose father Ali Khamenei was killed on the first night of US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February. Lying in a hospital bed, the younger Khamenei says his own vote would be "definitely not Bibi. Another term like this and I will be meeting my father sooner than expected".On Sunday, Netanyahu posted a computer-generated photo of a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv, saying Israel was in existential danger from Iran.Eisenkot responded by accusing him of "relying on a campaign of fear-mongering, lies, and threats — including images of nuclear bombs in the heart of Tel Aviv. This time, it won’t work for him."Trump's endorsement of Netanyahu carries its own political risks a week before a legislative election in which his own Republicans are seeking to hold onto power.The Iran war is deeply unpopular in the United States, blamed for a surge in prices, especially for fuel. Major fighting has been suspended for months after ceasefire negotiations held without Israeli participation.