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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 617

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A viral visual Hebrew pun on Kamala Harris's name, among other new merchandise, is resonating with Jewish Democrats. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
August 16, 2024, 12:41 am
Kamala Harris’s Hebrew merch is taking shape — in the form of a punctuation mark
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
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Supporters of the Socialist Party wave flags during a rally of their party in Tirana, Albania, April 22, 2021. (AP)
May 7, 2021, 6:30 am
After Knesset election-rama, Israeli political advisers turn to Tirana
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
By Tal Schneider
Illustrative: A woman talks on her mobile phone at a bus stop, in Tel Aviv, on August 24, 2012. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90/File)
March 11, 2021, 4:11 pm
Likud allegedly using Truecaller app database to target potential voters
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
By ToI Staff and Tal Schneider
A Republican Jewish Coalition ad warning against Joe Biden presidency, released on October 1, 2020. (Screen capture/YouTube)
October 1, 2020, 8:22 pm
Republican Jewish group runs $3.5m TV ad campaign targeting Florida
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
By Jacob Magid
Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz gives a statement to the press in Ramat Gan on March 1, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
March 3, 2020, 6:05 pm
If Gantz wants to win an election, he needs to learn to talk the talk
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
By Raphael Ahren
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
File: 2019 election ads by the far-right religious-conservative Noam party bear anti-gay messages on billboards outside Tel Aviv. The slogan reads: "Israel chooses to be normal." (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
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