The operation is the first documented case of the Israeli government’s organising a campaign to influence the US government, social media experts said.
The ministry allocated about $US2 million to the operation and hired Stoic, a political marketing firm in Tel Aviv, to carry it out, according to the officials and the documents.Targeted by an Israeli influence campaign: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.The campaign began in October and remains active on the social platform X. The campaign also created three fake English-language news sites featuring pro-Israel articles.The Israeli government’s connection to the influence operation, which The New York Times verified with four current and former members of the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and documents about the campaign, has not previously been reported.
