--- title: Israeli Labour Party Delays Election for Britney Spears description: Britney Spears' pop prowess is so great that the Israeli Labor Party changed their election date so it wouldn't coincide with her concert. canonical: https://time.com/4727507/israeli-labor-party-britney-spears-election/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-05T19:59:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:34.964Z og:title: The Israeli Labor Party Delays Election for Britney Spears og:description: The pop princess' concert falls on the same day as their leadership contest og:url: https://time.com/4727507/israeli-labor-party-britney-spears-election/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Israeli Labor Party Delays Election for Britney Spears twitter:description: The pop princess' concert falls on the same day as their leadership contest twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Israeli Labor Party Delays Leadership Contest for a Britney Spears Concert  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 5, 2017 7:59 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 5, 2017 7:59 PM UTC [Britney Spears’ pop prowess](http://time.com/4468932/vmas-2016-mtv-britney-spears-video/) is so great that it has the power to influence [international politics](http://time.com/4722478/israel-gaza-human-rights-watch/); in this particular case, changing the date of an Israeli primary election. According to an interview with the [_Times of Israel_](http://www.timesofisrael.com/oops-britney-concert-bumps-back-labor-primaries/), the pop princess’ Tel Aviv concert is the reason why the Israeli Labor Party postponed its leadership contest by 24 hours. While the two events were initially slated for the same day, it turns out that Spears’ concert will use the bulk of security guards, which would leave the Labor party event with slim staff pickings and potential traffic issues. A Labor party spokesperson said that the decision to move the election would “make it easier for people to reach the polling stations.” When asked whether or not current Labor party chair Isaac Herzog would take advantage of the extra day to attend Spears’ concert, Herzog’s spokesperson said that he was “unaware of plans for the incumbent Labor leader to attend,” which, honestly, is his prerogative. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4727507/israeli-labor-party-britney-spears-election/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4727507/israeli-labor-party-britney-spears-election/"},"headline":"Israeli Labor Party Delays Leadership Contest for a Britney Spears Concert","datePublished":"2017-04-05T19:59:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:34.964Z","description":"That's their prerogative","url":"https://time.com/4727507/israeli-labor-party-britney-spears-election/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","viral","Britney Spears","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4727507/israeli-labor-party-britney-spears-election/","name":"Israeli Labor Party Delays Leadership Contest for a Britney Spears Concert"}}]}] ```