> Losing the Republican Base, Israel Pours Millions to Target Evangelicals and Churchgoers

Losing the Republican Base, Israel Pours Millions to Target Evangelicals and Churchgoers

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

November 09 2025

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.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/sec … afea590000

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