Poster of Mapai Party, 1959
IN PICTURES: The election ads of Israel's yesteryears
Election campaign advertisements from country's early years show that issues such as high costs of living, housing shortage were just as relevant for voters then as now.

Campaign poster of Mapai ("Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") against luxury homes, 1951 (Photo: National Library of Israel Collection) (מתוך אוסף הספרייה הלאומית)

Likud poster, 1984: Ma'arach and Sarid want to put little Morris back in the shelter (Photo: National Library of Israel Collection) (מתוך אוסף הספרייה הלאומית)