Netanyahu and Gantz dabble in some 'gevalt'

As we've seen, Netanyahu isn't adverse to promoting an Israeli brand of 'project fear', known in Israel as 'gevalt', the Yiddish word for alarm.

In an attempt to jolt his electorate into voting, Netanyahu has released another video calling on Likudniks to get to the polls.

"We are in an emergency," Netanyahu says. "At 4pm the left vote was at 61 percent and Likud was only at 42 percent. If you don't vote we will lose the election."

Gantz, meanwhile, isn't adverse to trying those tactics himself. The retired general, too, has been releasing videos encouraging supporters to vote.

"The data looks good but is not enough. We must give much more effort. Likud are delivering lies and collecting people," he says.