Poll Watch: Americans’ Support for Israel Dramatically Declines

There are multiple angles of what is essentially the same story:

  • The UK, Canada, France, Belgium and Australia all recognizing a Palestinian state
  • Bibi Netanyahu addressing an empty room at the U.N. because over half of the world has turned against Israel over its genocide in Gaza
  • The latest New York Times/Siena poll which recently found that over half of Americans now support ending military and economic aid to Israel
  • The catastrophic collapse of support for Israel in Gen Z on both Left and Right
  • Liberal Boomers turning against Israel
  • Larry Ellison taking control of CBS and Paramount and putting Bari Weiss in charge of it
  • Larry Ellison transforming TikTok into ZioTok in a desperate attempt to quell criticism of Israel
  • The Gaza peace deal which Trump is trying to force on Netanyahu because Israel is politically toxic and whether or not that is real and will go anywhere

The connecting thread in all of these stories is the deterioration of Israel’s public image. The United States is one of the most pro-Israel countries in the world and even here Americans are turning on Israel. Larry Ellison’s acquisition of CBS and TikTok are a desperate last ditch attempt to stop the bleeding. Trump wouldn’t be pushing for this Gaza peace deal if it wasn’t for the political headwinds.

New York Times:

“Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, American support for Israel has undergone a seismic reversal, with large shares of voters expressing starkly negative views about the Israeli government’s management of the conflict, a new poll from The New York Times and Siena University found.

Disapproval of the war appears to have prompted a striking reassessment by American voters of their broader sympathies in the decades-old conflict in the region, with slightly more voters siding with Palestinians over Israelis for the first time since The Times began asking voters about their sympathies in 1998.

In the aftermath of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, American voters broadly sympathized with Israelis over Palestinians, with 47 percent siding with Israel and 20 percent with Palestinians. In the new poll, 34 percent said they sided with Israel and 35 percent with Palestinians. Thirty-one percent said they were unsure or backed both equally.

A majority of American voters now oppose sending additional economic and military aid to Israel, a stunning reversal in public opinion since the Oct. 7 attacks. About six out of 10 voters said that Israel should end its military campaign, even if the remaining Israeli hostages were not released or Hamas was not eliminated. And 40 percent of voters said Israel was intentionally killing civilians in Gaza, nearly double the number of voters who agreed with that statement in the 2023 poll. …”

New York Times:

“President Trump on Monday cast his plan for a cease-fire in Gaza as a landmark deal to bring peace after two years of catastrophic violence. But in reality, it was more like an ultimatum to Hamas.

Standing alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Mr. Trump unveiled a proposal to which both men had agreed. If Hamas refuses to do the same, Mr. Trump said, the United States will let Israel “do what you would have to do.”

“Israel would have my full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas,” said Mr. Trump, who under the plan would become the temporary chairman of a board in charge of the redevelopment of Gaza.

The joint appearance by Mr. Trump and Mr. Netanyahu at the White House was a clear display of unity at a moment when Mr. Trump has shown signs of frustration with the Israeli prime minister, and when much of the world has grown horrified at Israel’s prosecution of the war against Hamas in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. …”

We will see what happens.

The most likely scenario is that Israel finds some excuse to continue the war. It is possible that Hamas could accept the deal though because the population of Gaza is so desperate.

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    • August 11–12, 2017 if accurate.

      C,ville freaked out ZOG. Enemy inside gates. They over reacted and everything else is
      consequence

      C,ville will go history like Battle of Thermopylae. Very small irrelevant group turned history

      • Juri, that’s a brilliant take. Charlottesville is exactly the American Thermopylae. 300 patriots taking on hordes of fools and filth. In the short run, they lost and suffered terribly for it, but in the end they won. I only wish I was there at the time.

  1. I don’t want my people, White American Evangelical Christians, to be scapegoats for Jewish crimes.

    From Louis Brandeis to Jonathan Greenblatt, US government support for Zionism has been a liberal Jewish project, but somehow conservative Christians have been maneuvered into being the patsies, the fall guys, the scapegoats.

    Those of us who know what is going on have a responsibility. We can vote for Trump as the lesser of two evils, and we can support him when he does the right thing, but we must make it absolutely clear that we do NOT support his Israel first foreign policy.

    Put the blame where it really belongs: Biden’s liberal Jewish cabinet (Blinken, Garland, Yellen, Mayorkas), Jewish supremacist liberal NGOs such as the ADL, and Trump’s liberal Jewish cronies (Jared Kushner, Howard Lutnick etc.)

    • It may have started with Darby, but the criminal-lawyer turned proro-televangelist Cyrus Scofield really got things moving with his heretical bible – whose publication was funded by über-Zionist Samuel Untermeyer (who also blackmailed the worthless cuck Woodrow Wilson). It’s a very serious problem in the church, though it is starting to implode with all that has come out about the Synagogue of Satan and their toadies.

      • Darby and Scofield would be horrified by the outrageous heresy of John Hagee.

        I honestly think the real origin of John Hagee’s “Christian Zionism”, which is really idolatrous worship of the Jewish people (both in Israel and in the diaspora), is to be found in the Christadelphians, the small sect LBJ belonged to. When the Jews saw how extremely pro-Jewish LBJ was, including during the USS Liberty coverup, they decided to encourage the spread of Christadelphian doctrines within the late 1960s / early 1970s revival known as “The Jesus Movement”. The revival got good coverage in Jewish owned media outlets, and at one point Bob Dylan even pretended to convert. In return, preachers associated with The Jesus Movement gave a positive portrayal of Jews and Israel to their congregations. Pastor Greg Laurie, who owns a Christian radio station, is a good example of a 1970s revival preacher turned Israel apologist. Actor Kelsey Grammer made a movie about Greg Laurie a few years ago. I think Laurie’s support for Israel is the reason that movie wasn’t viciously attacked like Mel Gibson’s movie was.

  2. The widow of Yitzhak Rabin (who was Prime Minister during an attempt to have peace with the Palestinians via the Oslo Accords in the 1990s) blamed Netanyahu for inciting hatred against her husband which led to his assassination.

    Background

    Final Days of Yitzhak Rabin
    https://youtu.be/UFpQOWWDM20?si=1NlKBzh7qOmW2BWX

    Netanyahu, Rabin and the Assassination That Shook History | Netanyahu at War | FRONTLINE
    https://youtu.be/JhMF30VLZCA?si=x3R8IS5CdNxMr0Ci

    Wikipedia: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
    …The assassination of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin came immediately after an anti-violence rally in support of the Oslo peace process.

    Before the rally, Rabin was disparaged personally by right-wing conservatives and Likud leaders who perceived the peace process as an attempt to forfeit the occupied territories and a capitulation to Israel’s enemies.

    National religious conservatives and Likud party leaders believed that withdrawing from any “Jewish” land was heresy. The Likud leader and future prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused Rabin’s government of being “removed from Jewish tradition […] and Jewish values”…

    Rallies organized by Likud and other right-wing groups featured depictions of Rabin in a Nazi SS uniform, or in the crosshairs of a gun. Protesters compared the Labor party to the Nazis and Rabin to Adolf Hitler and chanted, “Rabin is a murderer” and “Rabin is a traitor”. In July 1995, Netanyahu led a mock funeral procession featuring a coffin and hangman’s noose at an anti-Rabin rally where protesters chanted, “Death to Rabin”. The chief of internal security, Carmi Gillon, then alerted Netanyahu of a plot on Rabin’s life and asked him to moderate the protests’ rhetoric, which Netanyahu declined to do. Netanyahu denied any intention to incite violence.
    — Wikipedia: Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

    I asked an AI app about PM Netanyahu’s role in the assassination of PM Rabin:

    Grok:
    Historical Context

    In the months leading up to the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995, Israel was deeply divided over the Oslo Accords, a peace initiative that involved territorial concessions to Palestinians. Right-wing opposition, including Likud party leaders, viewed these efforts as a betrayal of Jewish land and security. This created a toxic atmosphere of incitement, with rallies featuring extreme rhetoric and imagery that dehumanized Rabin, portraying him as a traitor, murderer, or even a Nazi collaborator. The assassin, Yigal Amir, a far-right extremist, cited this climate as influencing his act, though he acted alone.

    The Specific Rally: October 5, 1995, in Jerusalem’s Zion Square

    Yes, the rally you described occurred on October 5, 1995 (about a month before Rabin’s death), organized by rightwing groups including Likud supporters. It took place in Zion Square, Jerusalem, and drew tens of thousands of protesters. Key elements included:

    Chants and Rhetoric: Crowds shouted “Death to Rabin,” “Rabin is a traitor,” “Rabin is a murderer,” and “In blood and fire we will get rid of Rabin.”

    Imagery: Protesters displayed posters and effigies showing Rabin in a Nazi SS uniform (often with a swastika armband), sometimes combined with an Arab keffiyeh (headscarf associated with Yasser Arafat) or in the crosshairs of a gun. These visuals explicitly equated Rabin with Hitler and the Nazis, amplifying hatred by invoking the Holocaust—a profound taboo in Jewish society.

    Scale and Impact: This event is widely regarded as a peak of incitement, contributing to the polarized environment that emboldened extremists like Amir.

    Benjamin Netanyahu’s Role

    Benjamin Netanyahu, then Likud leader and Leader of the Opposition, was a central figure at this rally. He spoke from a balcony overlooking the crowd, addressing protesters while the inflammatory posters and chants were visible and audible below him. Earlier that year, in July 1995, he had also led a mock funeral procession at another anti-Rabin rally, carrying a coffin and hangman’s noose amid “Death to Rabin” chants.Netanyahu had publicly accused Rabin’s government of straying from “Jewish tradition and values,” framing the peace process as a moral failing. While Netanyahu did not organize the Nazi imagery or lead the chants, his presence and speeches at these events—without visibly intervening to stop the most extreme elements—drew widespread criticism for legitimizing and escalating the hatred. Shin Bet chief Carmi Gillon warned him of assassination plots and urged moderation, but Netanyahu declined, arguing the protests were legitimate opposition. Post-assassination inquiries, including by former Shin Bet heads, accused him of downplaying his role and promoting conspiracy theories to deflect blame.Netanyahu’s Response and Denials Netanyahu has consistently denied inciting violence, claiming he called for change through “the ballot box alone” and silenced some chants (e.g., responding to “Rabin Traitor” by saying such calls “do not belong here”). He has stated he did not see the SS uniform posters amid the large crowd and that blaming him distorts history. However, footage and eyewitness accounts show the imagery was prominent, and critics (including Labor leaders and historians) argue his participation amplified the mob’s fervor, even if unintentionally.

    Me:
    Didn’t Rabin’s widow blame Netanyahu?

    Grok:
    Yes, Leah Rabin, Yitzhak Rabin’s widow, explicitly blamed Benjamin Netanyahu for contributing to the incitement that led to her husband’s assassination in 1995. She accused him of fostering a climate of hatred through his participation in inflammatory anti-Rabin rallies, including the October5, 1995, Zion Square rally where protesters displayed posters of Rabin in a Nazi SS uniform and chanted “Death to Rabin.” In a 1997 interview, she stated that Netanyahu “stood on the balcony while they shouted ‘Death to Rabin’ and did nothing to stop it,” holding him morally responsible for not condemning the rhetoric. She also refused to forgive him, saying in later years that his actions during the Oslo Accords opposition campaign helped create the toxic atmosphere that emboldened the assassin, Yigal Amir. Leah Rabin maintained this stance until her death in 2000, and her accusations have been echoed by some Labor Party members and historians, though Netanyahu has consistently denied inciting violence.

  3. Actually, I think that Isreal should exist. One reason is that I think all peoples should have a homeland. Also, If Israel falls, all those former Israelis will be moving to the U.S.

    But while I support Israel, I don’t want my tax money and our soldiers being used for that purpose. If Jewish people want Israel to survive, let them spend their blood and their treasure.

    • They are not nationalists though. Nationalists would move there, do their own work, fight their own wars, and not be imperialistic parasites. They are more parasitic than american blacks.

  4. “Larry Ellison taking control of CBS and Paramount and putting Bari Weiss in charge of it”

    Only conspiracy theorists believe the jewz control the media …..

    • No, this is real.

      The problem is that JQ schizos and cranks mix up so much bullshit with legitimate issues like Ellison taking over and censoring TikTok for Israel that it becomes easy to dismiss all criticism of Jews out of hand. Yes, there is an effort to silence criticism of Israel on social media.

  5. Lol, seems like you are a JQ schizo and crank now, Hunter. ZioTok, really? Nice to see you noticing. However you did miss that US AIPAC poster’s sarcasm.

    • JQ cranks and schizos are people who blame *everything* on Jews and Israel. Go watch Stew Peters or Candace Owens.

      There is a huge difference between saying Jewish power and influence is *a* problem, which is true and defensible, and saying it is *the* problem or *only* problem which is crank and schizo territory.

      Yes, Larry Ellison acquiring CBS and TikTok is a real problem. Yes, Jews do attempt to control the media and this is an excellent example of that. I’ve written hundreds of articles about the issue without veering off into Candace Owens-style schizo conspiracy theories.

      • Hold up, she’s just a crazed black.

        The most disappointing thing about Americans is that they don’t know much about the Murder of Walter Guinness. Here we see an Anglo-Irish,Scots-Irish if you like, on good terms with the Catholics, a brewmaster gets shot by a couple of Yahoodies. And he was himself a Zionist deep down.

      • “schizos are people who blame *everything* on….”

        Yep, there are plenty libtard kooks and oblivious whites, Gavin Newscum.

      • Hold your horses there, Mr. Wallace. You’re clearly not listening to Candace, (not to blame you, you’re a busy man), but she’s not a schizo nor a crank whatsoever. She is doing God’s work on her show, doing her due diligence getting to the bottom of things, every night, since her friend was surgically removed from this life. I wouldn’t dismiss her so easily like that.

  6. Too funny:
    Thai hotel manager is interviewed,
    ‘Who are your most difficult guests’
    Ans,’Israeli, they want everything free.’
    🙂

  7. Oh the benefits of dieversity,

    Thailand relaxed tourist visas for India and now tourists are avoiding Thailand en masse. Hotels and restaurants are empty. Plus, people can’t stand the Chinese and Russians.

    Yep, dieversity is a real strength.

  8. This conflict has been the best thing to happen to Whitey in my lifetime. Its been like Roddy Pipers magic sunglasses in They Live, after the totally unnecessary fight with the black dude in the alley. Normie Whites are finally seeing this relationship for what it is, and there’s no putting this toothpaste back in tube.

    We won’t even have to worry about the red pill overdoses that the JQtards have had because most White people have enough family and responsibilities to keep them from going off the deep end when the pieces start falling in place in their head.

    The only thing that will make it better is watching this ruin people like Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens simultaneously.

    I hope the conflict drags on another couple years.

    • From the article:

      “On the Jewish side there is the desire for complete domination, with Jerusalem as the capital of their new land”

      Should read, ‘Jerusalem as capitol of the world’.

  9. The jews did this to themselves with their insatiable of color *****olelust and bloodlust. Who knew being murder obsessed rapists wouldn’t go down well. Now the Chinese influence over the state and federal government needs to be exposed. Which will be harder because they don’t seem to be disgusting pervy faggots as a whole lol.

  10. One point to be made is that none of this shift is due to the work of the NS larper gang. As some have noted, it’s merely a number of normal white folks noticing what’s actually been going on for a long time.

  11. “This conflict has been the best thing to happen to Whitey in my lifetime. Its been like Roddy Pipers magic sunglasses in They Live, after the totally unnecessary fight with the black dude in the alley.”

    Not going to happen. The reason being it rests upon a false preumption: Israel bad. What in fact is going to happen is Israel will win the war, will kill the entire Hamas Army in a gotterdumerang battle in Gaza and the tunnels. Israel will emege victorious and will write the history, which wont be hard given the fact what the world will uncover in the peace.

    They will uncover unspeakable horrors that the Hamas regime implemented like human butchering shops, torture chambers, and captivity holes. They will find documents showing the full extent of Hamas’ evil plans. Survivor witness statements denouncing the evils perpetuated by Hamas will further buttress the narrative. The large scale involvement of Hamas in human trafficking drug smuggling and gang rapes of European girls will be exposed further defaming the liberal and leftist causes and their rightwing retard mimicks in the West.

    The overall result will be a world wide manhunt of surviving Hamas personnel mimicking the Nazi hunts after WWII. Everyone who picked on Israel in the West will look like a fool and a fiend and be further marginalized. The Gay Grand Inquisitor will say he was against the Anti-Israeli extremists and to finish off his non entityship will visit and pray at the Wailing Wall like all good Papist Prelates including Popes have done for sixty years.

    Furthermore, Israel under a national conservative government will dial back its own woke immorality programs, such as legalized homosexuality, LGBTQ, and successive Israeli representatives will say they were always against it. A combined Judeo-Druze-Koranist-Christian Conservative alliance will be established in Jerusalem to pursue the Western conservative agenda in the Middle East.

    As part of this new state of affairs, Israel will maintain a quasi-imperial hegemony over the Near East as a Western proxy. The Western Imperial Project will likewise get reborn in the coming decades allowing even more Jews and Christians to return to the Middle East. Pro-White, pro-Western, secularists regimes in Egypt and Jordan which will allow large numbers if Christians and Europeans to return to the area in their countries as well. Anti-Israelis will be soon like the clownish but bloody Taipang Rebels in China.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Treaty_Organization

    Meanwhile, I don’t see the United Nations surviving this new state of affairs. But I do see NATO surviving and possibly even incorporating Israel into it and/or forming some sort of NATO regime in the area like the British originated Middle Eastern Treaty Organization. This will ensure a less violent and turbulent threat to the West for a generation or two before rhe Islamist rise up in power once more. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Treaty_Organization.

    • Or, to summarize more accurately:

      The “conservative” case for Clown-World: No-limit nigga writ YUGE with pedophilia, LGBTX, Church of Woke, Talmudic Satanism, 666th wave femimism unleashed everywhere while Schlomo et all collect the shekels as never before. You write like your nose has been way too far up Ben Shapiro’s arse. You could be a fine protestant like Lady G I suppose.

      Hamas will refuse the deal (as absurd as the deal might be). The reason for this is that Hamas operates under Mossad’s direction, and has since its founding. That’s why all the Hamas bosses get to live in Qatar, etc. as billionaires while those they supposedly stand for get exterminated by Jews showing their true faces. The few bosses that got whacked were probably stepping out of line – always a bad move for any goy who takes the ticket.

    • @AGB

      Ran post by AI app and it went into detail but here is its preliminary and overall assessments:

      …To summarize upfront: The post is about 30% truth (atrocities and Israel’s conservative lean), 10% lies (e.g., specific unproven Hamas crimes like “gang rapes of European girls”), and 60% speculation (future outcomes like global manhunts or alliances). It’s not outright propaganda but reads like wishful thinking from a pro-Israel, antileftist perspective…

      {skipped}

      … Overall Assessment
      This post mixes real horrors (Hamas tunnels, October 7 violence) with ideological fantasy, using the war to settle cultural scores (e.g., against “woke” West or leftists). It’s truthful on Israel’s gains and Hamas crimes but lieson specifics like European rapes and distorts via hyperbole. The future visions—manhunts, alliances, UN collapse—are speculative and optimistic from a pro-Israel conservative lens, ignoring trends like eroding US support and regional volatility. For balance, the war’s endgame remains fluid: A Trump-backed deal could enforce demilitarization, but full “victory” is elusive amid humanitarian crises and proxy threats…

      We will have to wait and see (if there is still anything left to see or see with)…

      May God Save the South!

  12. It gets even curiouser and curiouser…. Why just imagine (if you possibly can) my complete SHOCK and TOTAL SOOPRIZE!! upon a recent revelation about who is shoveling money at all these various NGOs which have facilitated an invasion of both Murika and Europe.

    Here’s the money quote at the end of the post:

    > And the kicker of it all, that really red pilled me, is when my fixer told me who was responsible for the funding of this entire operation

    NGOs from inside Europe, but when you lift the lid and see where the funding for those NGOs really came from?

    A little country in the middle east with a lot of money and a lot of power. I think you can guess which one I’m talking about

    Maybe he’s referring to Kuwait? Perhaps Dubai or Qatar? Doesn’t quite fit the pattern there, does it. Every. Single. Time.

    • “Maybe he’s referring to Kuwait? Perhaps Dubai or Qatar? Doesn’t quite fit the pattern there, does it. Every. Single. Time.”

      Yeah it does. It’s the Moslem oil sheiks, the Iranian Mullahs, the AQ-ISIS, and various Arab Moslem dictatorships and their vast racketeeering enterprises that are funding these operations. The Iranian cigarette mafia rivals the Kosher Nostra alone. The streets of Europe aren’t run by Jew gangs, they are ran by Moslem gangs. The Moslem Rape gangs of the UK are called Moslem for a reason.

      The Arab League which represents the official coalition of these Sand N@ggers governments, has an official economy $3,9000,000,000,000. That doesn’t include their narcotics and contraband smuggling, or their racketeering enterprises. Most of the combined income is in the hands of a small number of Sand N@gger oligarchs.

      Puny little Israel has in contrast a mere 15% of such wealth. There isn’t enough military age Israelis to even command such a vaste network of Sand N@ggers. It’s so right in front of your face Exalted. Why do you like running interference for Sand N@ggers who are now gang raping their way across England, Europe and America as we speak?

      • You’re the one who supports Clown-World, not me. It’s probable that your favorite country’s Arab partners are in on the operation too, as are the Jesuits and other Papal supporters of the general Clown-World agenda (which your favorite shitty little country is a major supporter of worldwide). I’m fair enough to give you points when you make them. The Arabs, an extremely corrupt lot – as has been seen by their total ignoring the ethnic cleansing of their fellow Arabs in Gaza – might have lots of money, but they aren’t the ones who operate the magic money machine that generates all those fake shekels by simply adding zeros to accounts controlled by them alone. If you have the ability to create money ex nihilo your wealth is literally unlimited. The magic of fictional-reserve banking, brought to you by the Messrs. Rothschild, et al.

  13. Middle Eastern peace treaties can lead to assassinations of the leaders involved who make unpopular concessions (or any peace at all with a bitter enemy) that angers the radicals in the nations negotiating for peace:

    Israel’s Rabin in 1995
    Egypt’s Sadat in 1981

    On 6 October 1981, Anwar Sadat, the President of Egypt, was assassinated during the annual victory parade held in the Nasr City district of Cairo to celebrate the victory over Israel in the 1973 war, during which the Egyptian Army had crossed the Suez Canal at the beginning of the Yom Kippur War. The assassination was undertaken by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Although the motive has been debated, Sadat’s assassination likely stemmed from Islamists who opposed Sadat’s peace initiative with Israel and the United States relating to the Camp David Accords…
    Wikipedia: Assassination of Anwar Sadat


    ABC News – Death on the Nile: Anwar Sadat
    https://youtu.be/5iJyKvrjceM?si=cHDk3dIupugo-yfH


    Anwar Sadat: Killed for Making Peace with Israel?
    https://youtu.be/FiTV4GBQnkI?si=rItnaFOYICT3q1pv

  14. The most likely scenario is that Israel finds some excuse to continue the war. It is possible that Hamas could accept the deal though because the population of Gaza is so desperate.

    I think the Zionist Jews prefer to keep on killing Palestinians to try and resettle themselves in their ancient lands before Christ returns so they can break the Scriptures that clearly show that resettlement comes AFTER Christ returns and not before. Go read the Bible and see if Christ/Messiah is going to gather not only those of the kingdom of Israel but also the kingdom of Judah (those calling themselves Israel today) when He returns. So this plan of resettling Israel before Christ returns is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!! If it does happen then they will soon be scattered again so that they will have to be regathered after Christ returns. What a waste of time and energy and blood and innocent peoples’ lives!

    Israel has bought out 99% of all our Empire’s politicians and now they want to corrupt anyone who will say nice things about them on social media. Aren’t there laws against this corruption?

    I asked an AI app about this payment for posts deal.

    Me:
    Saw something on internet about posters on social media being paid up to $7,000.00 by Israel to say positive things about them. Is this true?

    AI:

    Yes, reports from multiple credible news outlets indicate that the Israeli government is funding a social media influencer campaign that pays American creators up to approximately $7,000 per post to promote positive narratives about Israel. This effort, dubbed the “Esther Project,” aims to counter declining public support in the U.S., particularly amid the ongoing Gaza conflict.

    Key Details from Recent Disclosures

    The Campaign Structure: A Washington, D.C.-based firm called Bridges Partners LLC (founded by Yair Levi and Uri Steinberg) was hired by Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs. The initial contract is worth $900,000, with about $553,000 allocated for influencer payments from June to September 2025. This covers 14–18 U.S.-based influencers producing 75–90 posts across platforms like Instagram, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, and Threads.

    Payment Breakdown: After deducting administrative costs, each post is estimated to pay between $6,100 and $7,372—aligning closely with the $7,000 figure circulating online. Influencers are recruited based on their reach, especially among younger audiences like Gen Z, where support for Israel has dropped sharply (e.g., a recent YouGov poll showed only 36% of U.S. 18–29-year-olds view Israel favorably).

    Government Involvement: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly highlighted the strategy during a September 2025 meeting with influencers in New York, calling social media “the most important” front in Israel’s information war. He urged them to engage their audiences to rebuild support.

    Broader Context: This isn’t entirely new—Israel has run similar hasbara (public diplomacy) programs for years, including paying students to post anonymously in the past. However, the scale and funding here are notable, with additional contracts like a $1.5 million monthly retainer to former Trump advisor Brad Parscale for AI-generated pro-Israel content. The campaign’s filings under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) describe it as “promoting cultural interchange,” but critics argue it’s undisclosed propaganda, potentially violating FARA by not labeling posts as paid foreign lobbying.

    Evidence on Social Media

    The story has gone viral on X, with users sharing screenshots of the reports and debating its implications. Posts from October 1–3, 2025, frequently reference the $7,000 figure, often in the context of skepticism toward pro-Israel voices (e.g., “If your country has to pay… it’s gonna be short-lived”). Some influencers have publicly rejected similar offers in the past, like $5,000 deals to pivot from pro-Palestine content.No denials from Israeli officials have surfaced in the coverage.

    Potential Biases and Substantiation

    Sources like Responsible Statecraft (a Quincy Institute publication focused on foreign policy restraint) and Middle East Eye (pro-Palestinian leaning) frame this critically as “propaganda,” while more neutral outlets like The New York Times and Politico confirm the mechanics of Israel’s social media strategies without the $7,000 specifics. The core facts stem from public FARA filings and WikiLeaks documents, making the claim well-substantiated rather than mere rumor. That said, exact per-post payouts are estimates based on budget math, and the identities of the influencers remain undisclosed (which FARA experts say could be illegal)…

    May God Save the South!

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