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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

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Head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at an election event in the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood of Jerusalem, September 11, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 3, 2022, 4:51 pm
Likud legal adviser tells Netanyahu he can’t use party funds to promote his new book
Autobiography can be referred to as part of election campaign but without financing from faction; report notes book features on opposition chief’s party-funded social media pages
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and lawmakers during a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 27, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 28, 2022, 6:58 am
Public funding for political parties’ campaigns to increase by some NIS 30 million
Coalition and opposition parties agree on funding boost for their new vote pitches as Israel appears headed to 5th national elections in 3.5 years
By ToI Staff
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March 17, 2021, 2:27 pm
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File: An election campaign billboard for Israel's Blue and White opposition party led by Benny Gantz, right, depicting him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party, hangs in the city of Bnei Brak, on March 14, 2021, ahead of the March 23 general election. The writing in Hebrew reads 'Benny to the Knesset or Bibi forever.' (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 16, 2021, 9:59 pm
Blue and White and in the red, Gantz may be hanging in race to pay off debt
By squeaking into Knesset, party would get retroactive state funds to cover 60% of the millions of shekels it has borrowed for its faltering campaign, and it’s not alone
By Haviv Rettig Gur and Omer Sharvit
Imaad Zuberi, left, leaves the federal courthouse in Los Angeles with his attorney Thomas O'Brien, right, after pleading guilty to funneling donations from foreigners to US political campaigns, November 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File)
December 1, 2020, 3:47 am
‘Mercenary’ donor exploited US politics to help Erdogan, other foreign officials
Federal officials say Imaad Zuberi, who was close with top Democrats and Republicans, repeatedly lied and broke campaign financing laws to serve his own — and others’ — interests
By Alan Suderman and Jim Mustian
Blue and White election campaign poster showing party leader Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a Hebrew slogan reading 'Netanyahu cares only for himself,' February 18, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
February 27, 2020, 2:12 pm
Campaigns use tens of millions in extra state funds for ‘all-out’ election push
Vastly increased allocations of state funds have been put into parties’ coffers to allow them pitch voters for third time in a year. And most have been saving up
By Raoul Wootliff
Central Elections Committee chairman Judge Hanan Melcer (seated at far end) listens to arguments for and against the NGO Darkenu registering as a political body. Darkenu representatives sit on the right, Likud lawyers on the left, at the Knesset, August 5, 2019. (Screenshot)
August 7, 2019, 11:17 am
Judge to rule whether Darkenu’s election campaign activities are political
Heir to controversial left-wing V-15, which campaigned to topple the Netanyahu government in 2015, the NGO insists it does not take sides
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the launch of his Likud party's election campaign in Ramat Gan, March 4, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
April 3, 2019, 11:25 am
Election panel head calls for criminal probe of Likud get-out-the-vote campaign
Justice Hanan Melcer slams party for lying about its funding of purportedly nonpartisan ‘Move to the Right’ initiative, in suspected violation of campaign transparency laws
By ToI Staff
Campaign posters for the upcoming municipality elections in Tel Aviv, on October 9, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
October 28, 2018, 1:00 pm
Legal loophole allows secret loans to candidates in local elections
Current rules could facilitate ‘laundering of loans into donations,’ clean government watchdog warns; it could also buy criminals or the wealthy influence on municipal politicians
By Sue Surkes
This combination of file pictures created on April 11, 2018, shows Michael Cohen (L) and US President Donald Trump. (AFP Photo/Getty Images North America and AFP Photo/Mark Wilson and Nicholas Kamm)
August 23, 2018, 5:23 pm
Explained: The campaign finance laws that ensnarled Trump’s lawyer
A guide to the accusations against Michael Cohen, the punishment he faces, and why the case is much more severe than Obama’s campaign violation
By CHAD DAY and Eric Tucker
Zionist Union chairman Avi Gabbay leads a faction meeting in Knesset on May 7, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 26, 2018, 11:58 pm
Gabbay, other Labor heavyweights fined for excess campaign spending
Comptroller hands Zionist Union chairman NIS 90,000 fine for exceeding legal cap on funding in 2017 primaries; outgoing chairman Herzog also penalized
By ToI Staff
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
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog on March 28, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 1, 2016, 6:58 pm
Police close probe into graft suspicions against opposition head
Labor chief Isaac Herzog did not know about allegedly illegal 2013 primary campaign donation, say investigators
By ToI Staff
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton steps from her campaign plane as she arrives at Nantucket Memorial Airport in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 en route to a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
August 22, 2016, 5:50 am
Clinton campaign halfway to $1 billion fundraising goal
Facing a GOP contender focused on relatively cheap digital strategy, Democratic candidate seeks cash advantage
By Lisa Lerer and Julie Bykowicz
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
August 22, 2016, 1:49 am
Trump campaign doubles spending, not ground game
GOP presidential campaign leans heavily on digital strategy, keeping payroll low, airing no TV ads and declining to build up ground operations
By Julie Bykowicz and CHAD DAY
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