Down in the polls, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party has released a new campaign trying to paint Gantz, his main rival, as mentally unstable. The video ads are the latest move in a campaign that has been heavy on personal insults and short on substance. (Oded Balilty, File/Associated Press)JERUSALEM — Down in the polls, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party has released a new campaign trying to paint his main rival, former military chief Benny Gantz, as mentally unstable. The video ads are the latest move in a campaign that has been heavy on personal insults and short on substance. In 2015 elections, Netanyahu released an election-day video warning that Arab voters were streaming to the polls as he beseeched his supporters to turn out.

Source: Washington Post March 31, 2019 12:24 UTC