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Israel Secretly Targeted American Lawmakers With Gaza War Influence
Campaign

In an attempt to sway global public opinion on the war in Gaza, fake
accounts and sites spread pro-Israel and Islamophobic content. The
operation was orchestrated by Israel's Diaspora Affairs Ministry and
run by a political campaigning firm

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The Israeli government is behind a large-scale influence campaign
primarily aimed at Black lawmakers and young progressives in the
United States and Canada. The operation, whose existence was first
reported by Haaretz in March, was launched after the start of the war
in Gaza and was intended to sway certain segments of public opinion
on Israel's conduct.

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