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Blue and White head Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Noam Revkin Fenton, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 17, 2019, 10:22 am
Which scheming party, duping you with cutting-edge tech, are you voting for?
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
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Ads by the far-right religious-conservative Noam party bear anti-gay messages on billboards outside Tel Aviv. (Courtesy Noam party)
August 6, 2019, 11:16 pm
Judge says advertisers can’t refuse homophobic party’s campaign ads
Supreme Court Justice Neal Hendel rules a special law forbids companies from ‘discriminating’ between political ads during elections
By TOI staff
A photo of Rabbi Elisha Levi, an ultra-Orthodox who fought in the Six Day War, is shown in a Yisrael Beytenu campaign ad calling on ultra-Orthodox to enlist. (Screenshot: Twitter)
July 26, 2019, 3:46 pm
Liberman pulls clip calling for Haredi enlistment but featuring Six Day War vet
Granddaughter of Rabbi Elisha Levi outraged to see a photo of him illustrating Yisrael Beytenu campaign spot; ultra-Orthodox MK blasts ‘incitement’
By Michael Bachner
Screenshot of Israeli election banner ad on the porn website Pornhub. (Twitter screenshot)
April 7, 2019, 5:19 pm
Israeli election ads said to appear on porn website
Ads on Pornhub poke fun at right-wing candidates using crass innuendo; unclear who is behind campaign
By TOI staff
Justice Hanan Melcer, chairman of the Central Elections Committee. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 5, 2019, 4:57 pm
Elections committee rejects request to ban Likud from social media campaigning
Chairman rules not enough evidence to back up allegations party ran network of fake accounts to spread propaganda
By TOI staff
Likud campaign manager Jonathan Orich (front) and Likud campaigner Yitzhak Haddad (back) attend a Central Elections Committee meeting at the Knesset on April 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 4, 2019, 1:00 am
Elections committee mulling request to ban Likud from social media campaigns
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’
By TOI staff
Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Gili Yaari, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 27, 2019, 10:14 pm
Likud rapped by rivals, disability official over ads assailing Gantz’s sanity
PM has become ‘a factory of defamation and ugly lies,’ charges Blue and White leader, whom ruling party has portrayed as mentally unstable
By TOI staff
Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer, chairman of the Central Elections Committee, and Orly Ades, the committee's director general, seen on February 21, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 27, 2019, 12:47 am
Central Elections Committee: No anonymous electioneering via SMS messages
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
By Sue Surkes
New Right co-chair Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in a satirical campaign ad, released on March 18, 2019, that mocks left-wing fears of her judicial reform proposals. (Twitter screen capture)
March 20, 2019, 9:18 am
Justice minister defends ‘fascism’ spot, dismisses ‘bitter’ critics
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
By TOI staff
New Right co-chair Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in a satirical campaign ad, released on March 18, 2019, that mocks left-wing fears of her judicial reform proposals. (Twitter screen capture)
March 18, 2019, 11:56 pm
New Right mocks left-wing worries with faux ‘fascism’ perfume ad
‘Judicial appointments … governance … separation of powers — to me, it smells like democracy,’ Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked quips in new spot
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Facebook notifications on a smartphone. (JaysonPhotography/Istock by Getty Images)
October 28, 2017, 3:14 am
Facebook moves toward revealing political ad backers
Under plan unveiled by social media platform, people will be able to click ‘view’ on page to determine its source
By AFP
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence react to supporters during a rally, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
December 9, 2016, 8:02 am
Right to the end, Trump campaign spent less than Clinton’s
President-elect’s digital director credits crucial, last-minute get-out-the-vote ads in narrowly-won Michigan, Wisconsin
By Julie Bykowicz and CHAD DAY
In this Oct. 28, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP/Evan Vucci)
November 4, 2016, 12:10 pm
To hear Trump’s voice, you have to turn to Clinton ads
GOP candidate silent in his own TV spots, analysts find, as each side wants the race to be a referendum about the other one
By CHAD DAY and Julie Bykowicz
US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton (AP)
October 21, 2016, 10:12 am
Trump, Clinton spending furiously as Election Day nears
GOP nominee drops low-cost strategy, doubles campaign outlays in September; Democrats ahead in super-PAC fundraising
By Julie Bykowicz and CHAD DAY
Labor Party campaign stickers saying "Bibi is good for the rich, Shelly is good for me" posted on top of a campaign poster depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 12, 2016, 11:48 pm
Panel calls for shake-up of election campaigning in Israel
Committee advocates ban on racist, inciting campaigns, wants more transparent polling, but limited TV ads
By Sue Surkes
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