Election ads: The vague, the dishonest, and the crazy
In Tuesday’s first batch of TV campaign commercials, Jewish Home kept its less palatable faces hidden, Livni briefly dared mention ‘peace,’ Shas dismally played the ethnic card, and we learned that...
View ArticleSeven times eight is how many?
Likud gets its multiplication tables wrong in TV ad, though perhaps the mystery (non-Israeli) teacher was correcting them
View ArticleTrump says Netanyahu asked for endorsement
Admission appears to contradict Israeli publicist who said YouTube campaign clip was his idea
View ArticleFrom pork to ‘centrifying,’ how to woo the Israeli electorate
Lessons from an Iowa farm girl, Kahlon and Herzog’s missing pieces, and other tips
View ArticleJewish Home touts campaign single
Pop song features The Voice finalists, emphasizes brotherhood
View ArticleFor Likud and Jewish Home, an escalating sibling rivalry
With tit-for-tat viral video campaigns, the two parties have broken a promise not to campaign against each other
View Article‘Yair’s an aggressive guy,’ says Yesh Atid’s campaign guru
US-Jewish strategist Mark Mellman on how he deals with the challenge of a second centrist party focusing on socioeconomic issues
View ArticleParties release slew of new campaign ads
PM’s latest video accuses ‘them’ of distracting voters, Yesh Atid details achievements in 3-hour video
View ArticleHow would Israeli campaign videos play in the States?
American political communications experts offer critique of Netanyahu and Bennett’s attempts at winning votes with witty clips
View ArticleAn election full of sound and fury
As ideological differences between Israeli parties are eroded, politicians revisit age-old culture wars to rally voters
View ArticleLikud uses Netanyahu speech to Congress in campaign ad
New video prompts Congressman Steve Cohen to lament: PM used Capitol as ‘a studio for his political ads’
View ArticleNY judge OKs pro-Israel ‘Hamas Killing Jews’ bus ads
Despite MTA claims it could incite violence, court says advertisement is protected speech; de Blasio says anti-Islamic message ‘wrong’
View ArticleTrump reiterates call for Muslim ban in first TV ad
Republican candidate doubles down on controversial proposal, says he will ‘cut the head off ISIS’
View ArticleCruz, Rubio, Clinton 2016 bids get million-dollar boosts
Key 2008 pro-Obama group Priorities USA backing Hillary Clinton in 2016; tech billionaire Larry Ellison supports Marco Rubio
View ArticleClinton offers unifying message in first general election ad
Democratic frontrunner airs some of Donald Trump’s most inflammatory remarks in an effort to paint him as dangerous
View ArticleDemocrats to give Trump ‘rude awakening’ in summer onslaught
With $27 million invested in commercials, Clinton campaign to air barrage of negative ads slamming Republican opponent
View ArticleTrump’s campaign spending at half the rate of Clinton’s
While Republican operation doubled its expenses to $18.5 million in July, Democrats spent about $38 million
View ArticlePanel calls for shake-up of election campaigning in Israel
Committee advocates ban on racist, inciting campaigns, wants more transparent polling, but limited TV ads
View ArticleTrump, Clinton spending furiously as Election Day nears
GOP nominee drops low-cost strategy, doubles campaign outlays in September; Democrats ahead in super-PAC fundraising
View ArticleTo 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
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