Analysis: Israel’s justice minister spritzes herself with perfume called 'Fascism' in new campaign ad
By Loveday Morris Loveday Morris Jerusalem bureau chief covering the Middle East Email Bio Follow March 19 at 7:59 AM Israel is known for its off-the-wall and often perplexing political campaign ads. This election’s crop has been no exception. But Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked might just have taken the top spot for the most bizarre ad with a spoof perfume commercial.
The black-and-white slow motion ad, accompanied by moody piano music, cuts to her running her hand down a banister as she walks down the stairs and picks up a bottle of “Fascism.” All our international followers see is a picture of Ayelet Shaked and the word “FASCISM,” tweeted Eylon Levy, an Israeli journalist.
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