While the methods have varied — from intelligence operations and public diplomacy to lobbying and political pressure — the strategic objective has remained consistent: preserving a state of confrontation between the US and Iran while opposing diplomatic initiatives that could weaken Israel’s leverage in shaping US Middle East policy.
Struggles for Palestinians in West Bank just got a whole lot worse ■ Trump added “Abraham Accords” to deal with Saudis after the fact ■ Israel lobby throws down another cool million for candidate in Michigan
Israel’s massive investment in social media propaganda is failing to shift the cratering support for Israel among youth amid its ongoing genocide in Gaza. As part of its propaganda campaign, Israel hired corporate firms to manage paid influencer networks under a plan code-named the “Esther Project”
This is a timeline of a sophisticated, well-funded and deliberately opaque influence operation conducted by Israel and its allies within the US to target conservatives. This angle of operation is called Israel’s 8th front.
Gaza is a manmade hell ■ West Bank havoc from settlers, military ■ Crocodile prison moat under construction ■ Updates from Iran, Lebanon, Syria ■ NDAA passes House, & other Israel-in-politics stories
The effort is part of a $9.9 million contract with Republican strategists to improve views of the country in the US
“If he’s willing to throw the entire control of the Senate to the other party over Israel, then he’s dismissing the interests of his own state and constituents,” said one critic.
Yellow Line on the move again ■ Settlers steal hundreds of sheep, Palestinians arrested ■ US strikes in Iran reportedly killed 50 in recent weeks ■ Mamdani speaks truth to corruption
Kamala Harris’s reported outreach to pro-Palestinian activists is not moral courage, merely an act of political survival.
While US media almost never hire Palestinian journalists alleging they would be ‘biased,’ they published narratives constructed around lies, twisted facts, and celebrated pieces of journalism that were entirely free of evidence & systematically biased. This enabled a genocide in real time.