Without social media, with the same wars: this is what elections used to look like

A historical article in Israel Hayom reviews propaganda posters from the state's first election campaigns, accompanied by explanations from Dr. Hezi Amior of the National Library. The posters reveal ideological struggles, political attacks, and promises thrown in the trash, demonstrating how despite the absence of social media, the central issues remained similar.

A historical article in Israel Hayom reviews propaganda posters from the first election campaigns of the State of Israel, accompanied by explanations from Dr. Hezi Amior, curator of the Israel Collection at the National Library. The posters, from the years 1949, 1951, and 1955, reveal ideological struggles, political attacks, biting caricatures, and promises thrown in the trash. Among the posters: use of Herzl's image against socialism, a caricature of Ben-Gurion as a one-man coalition, a WIZO poster on women's status, an attack by Mapai on the General Zionists, a rally by Menachem Begin with no children allowed, and a Yiddish poster of the Communist Party. The article emphasizes that despite the absence of social media, the central issues remained similar.

Without social media, with the same wars: this is what elections used to look like