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Banned elsewhere in the West, Israel permitting farmers to use feces as cattle feed

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:33:34 +0000

Animals Now launches PR campaign against practice, but Agriculture Ministry says 'adapted feeding solutions' required when grazing land is limited

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Kamala Harris’s Hebrew merch is taking shape — in the form of a punctuation mark

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 21:41:11 +0000

A new graphic offers a visual pun and a guide to properly pronouncing the candidate's name, but it also reflects a resurgence of Jewish enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket

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After Knesset election-rama, Israeli political advisers turn to Tirana

Fri, 07 May 2021 03:30:53 +0000

No fewer than 8 Israeli campaign strategists were involved in Albania's recent vote, including Netanyahu's once-unreticent spokesman Jonatan Urich, who may be seeking new pastures

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Likud allegedly using Truecaller app database to target potential voters

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:11:57 +0000

Netanyahu's party steps up digital campaigning, sending text messages addressed by name or nickname, as defined by users in popular caller ID app; expert says practice illegal

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Republican Jewish group runs $3.5m TV ad campaign targeting Florida

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:22:49 +0000

Commercials to run in 3 counties where 500,000 Jews live in the swing state, warning that 'radical left' will influence 'Mr. Nice Guy' Biden on Israel and other issues

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If Gantz wants to win an election, he needs to learn to talk the talk

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:05:51 +0000

After a decade of Netanyahu, many voters have grown accustomed to the PM's rhetorical gold standard. His challenger, with his repeated on-air bloopers, lags far behind

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Which scheming party, duping you with cutting-edge tech, are you voting for?

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 07:22:10 +0000

Desperate for victory, our politicians posture, dissemble and adopt cutthroat new techniques to win our support. Damage control, as Likud's campaign chief has noted, can come later

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Judge says advertisers can’t refuse homophobic party’s campaign ads

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:16:55 +0000

Supreme Court Justice Neal Hendel rules a special law forbids companies from 'discriminating' between political ads during elections

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Liberman pulls clip calling for Haredi enlistment but featuring Six Day War vet

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 12:46:29 +0000

Granddaughter of Rabbi Elisha Levi outraged to see a photo of him illustrating Yisrael Beytenu campaign spot; ultra-Orthodox MK blasts 'incitement'

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Israeli election ads said to appear on porn website

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 14:19:34 +0000

Ads on Pornhub poke fun at right-wing candidates using crass innuendo; unclear who is behind campaign

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Elections committee rejects request to ban Likud from social media campaigning

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 13:57:54 +0000

Chairman rules not enough evidence to back up allegations party ran network of fake accounts to spread propaganda

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Elections committee mulling request to ban Likud from social media campaigns

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 22:00:28 +0000

Yitzhak Haddad, who backtracks on claim he is an 'underground activist,' denies links to ruling party, says incriminating remarks made in recorded phone call were 'a joke'

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Likud rapped by rivals, disability official over ads assailing Gantz’s sanity

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:14:13 +0000

PM has become 'a factory of defamation and ugly lies,' charges Blue and White leader, whom ruling party has portrayed as mentally unstable

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Central Elections Committee: No anonymous electioneering via SMS messages

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:47:55 +0000

In response to petition by Yisrael Beitenu against Meretz, Judge Hanan Melcer also rules that SMS surveys must include all parties expected by polls to win at least 1% of vote

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Justice minister defends ‘fascism’ spot, dismisses ‘bitter’ critics

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 07:18:36 +0000

After mock perfume spot slammed in Israel and overseas, New Right co-chair says it was an 'excellently written Purim video,' but admits she initially refused to do it

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