The Israeli government has signed contracts worth millions of dollars in recent months to rehabilitate Israel’s standing in American public opinion, both online and offline.

Amid a sharp drop in support from the conservative right, Israel has hired firms to conduct not just “hasbara [public diplomacy] campaigns” but also campaigns targeting millions of Christian churchgoers, bot networks to amplify pro-Israel messages online, and efforts to influence both search results and the responses given by popular AI services like ChatGPT.

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[–] 38 points 11 months ago

There's no hate like Christian love.

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago

    when a massive superpower enthusiastically bankrolls your entire military, you have all kinds of extra funds for fun little projects like this one; that and healthcare.

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago

    Looks like John Hagee is getting a new house

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    With risk of permaban, I am going to be very blunt here, anyway: I really don't like Israel. There. I said it. Come at me, bots.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    That's a very prevalent and public opinion on here. I'm not going to blanket say that all Israelis are bad. I live in the US, so while we're not actively committing a genocide, I live in a place with a pretty bad rap, so I empathize with the Israelis not complicit in genocide.

    That said, fuck Israel.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Targeting the most weak minded. Makes sense.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    They know their demographic. That one responds very well to money

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  • [+] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)