Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is known as the man with nine political lives. He's held a vice grip on power for more than 18 years. That's made him Israel's longest-serving prime minister and its most polarising leader. As people head to the polls next week for a general election, the vote is seen partly as a referendum on Netanyahu's leadership. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh takes a look at the Netanyahu effect on the state of Israel. Just a note that Al Jazeera is reporting on the Israeli elections from the occupied West Bank because it has been banned from reporting inside Israel. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #IsraelElections #BenjaminNetanyahu #Netanyahu #MiddleEast #IsraelPolitics #IsraelElections2026 #Likud #Knesset #NetanyahuEffect #AlJazeeraEnglish