A 'Christians United for Israel' event in Virginia, July 2023. Credit: Jacquelyn Martin / AP
Contracts between Israel and Trump-linked firms reveal campaigns and plans to target millions of U.S. churchgoers, deploy bots, hire influencers and try to make ChatGPT more pro-Israel
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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