Israel targets X users, right-wing media with $2 million ad push

The Israeli government paid a Republican Party-aligned public affairs company $9.9 million to advertise and promote content in American social media and news sites, according to a new disclosure made to the Department of Justice. The firm, Targeted Communications Global, purchased nearly $2 million in ads on the social media platform X, $40,000 in conservative media outlet Breitbart, and $7,500 in the Daily Caller.

Targeted Communications’ work for Israel appears to be among the most lucrative active foreign lobbying contracts in the U.S. Driving it are prominent Republican strategists seeking to book pro-Israel voices on TV programs while overseeing ad campaigns seen by hundreds of millions of people.

As part of its work for Israel, Targeted Communications oversaw a now-dormant ad campaign called “Freedom Not Terror.” Starting in October 2025, the campaign began posting clips on TikTok, Instagram, X, YouTube, and Facebook.

It appears to have found the most success on YouTube, garnering more than 224 million views across all of its videos. One of the videos, titled “Religious Freedom,” claims that Iran “built sleeper cells in the U.S.” The ad, which has over 23 million views, features an interview with former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren, who says that “young people have been educated to believe that the most sacred thing they can do is stab a Christian in the heart.” The Freedom Not Terror accounts have not been active since December of last year.

Freedom Not Terror’s most viewed post on X, a 90-second video with 1.7 million views, positions Israel as a peace-seeking nation. “America, Israel, and Arab nations agreed on a plan to bring peace to the Middle East. Hamas and radicalized Palestinians want to continue their culture of hate and reign of terror,” says the narrator. (At the time the video was posted, human rights group Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said the Israeli army was engaged in routine violations of the ceasefire, including daily bombardment, gunfire, and destruction of homes in Gaza.)

Targeted Communications’ deal with the Israeli government is being subcontracted through Havas Media, a French public relations conglomerate. Havas has hired seven subcontractors in the U.S. that have registered to work for Israel under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in the past year. Most recently, Havas hired Daniel Rosenberg, the producer of Spike Lee’s “Inside Man,” on a $900,000 contract to produce pro-Israel media content.

A spokesperson for the conservative news site The Daily Caller said their publication was not aware they were doing business with the Israeli government when they sold advertising space to representatives of Targeted Communications last October.

“We had no direct transaction with either the Government of Israel or Havas Media Group. The ad buyer was listed as LAPAM and our rep was unaware of what that entity was,” The Daily Caller communications manager Conor Coutts told Responsible Statecraft. LAPAM is the Hebrew acronym for the Israeli Government Advertising Agency, which produces the ads featured in The Daily Caller, X, Breitbart, and YouTube. The Daily Caller has published a number of articles in recent weeks that are critical of Israel’s new influence campaigns.

Throughout the fall of 2025, Targeted Communications also pitched news content or guests to CNN, Fox News, Newsnation, BBC, the California Post, and other mainstream news outlets, according to communications documented in the filing. The firm facilitated “TV bookings,” “media pitches,” and “PR management” with these news outlets, contacting Fox News the most (48 times), followed by CNN (22), NewsNation (13), and Newsmax (10).

Targeted Communications’ ad payments in conservative media mirror some of the work of former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, who is overseeing a $46.5 million contract with the Israeli government. Parscale has funneled $500,000 worth of ads into Salem Media Representatives, a subsidiary of Salem Media, a right-wing media conglomerate. Parscale is also running a mass texting campaign, creating websites to manipulate AI chatbot results, and integrating pro-Israel messaging into conservative media, as Responsible Statecraft previously revealed.

A majority of the foreign agents on the Targeted Communications contract are listed as staff of an affiliate organized, Targeted Victory, a go-to consultancy for Republican candidates. Its current and past clients include Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) as well as Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Both Targeted Communications and Targeted Victory are subsidiaries of Stagwell Group.

Neither Targeted Communications nor Targeted Victory responded to requests for comment.

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influence-in-us-politics/

Israel‘s Secret Sales Pitch to Provide Surveillance Drones to the UAE

Internal emails and documents reveal how Israel’s Elbit Systems worked to supply the UAE with drones and other weapons.

On May 12, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee publicly disclosed a significant development in the military relationship between Israel and the United Arab Emirates amid the war in Iran.

“Israel just sent [the UAE] Iron Dome batteries and personnel to help operate them,” Huckabee said at an event in Tel Aviv. Huckabee described the deployment as a fruit of the Abraham Accords, calling the Israeli-Emirati relationship “extraordinary.”

The deployment—as Iranian missiles and drones targeted the region in response to a joint U.S.-Israeli attack—marked the first publicly acknowledged presence of Israeli military personnel and air-defense equipment inside a Gulf monarchy. But the integration of Israeli weapons into the UAE’s defenses did not begin with the Iran war.

An archive drawn from the email account of Vered Haimovich, a former Israeli military officer who became vice president of Elbit Systems’ UAV Systems Business Unit in January 2021, shows how the arms company worked in the aftermath of the Abraham Accords to create a channel for the sale of drones and aerial surveillance equipment to Abu Dhabi.

The email archive includes internal documents from Elbit and its Emirati subsidiary, as well as documents identified as request lists from the UAE military to Elbit in the context of negotiating weapons deals. Drop Site conducted cryptographic verification on the email address signatures and also verified non-public contact information for parties referenced in the documents.

The email archive was published by Distributed Denial of Secrets and released by Handala, an online hacking group presumed to be tied to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence. The archive consists of personal messages, newsletters, and advertisements from Haimovich’s Gmail account. But it also contains a smaller collection of Elbit correspondence that executives from the company sent to her personal account—along with Elbit documents Haimovich forwarded to her own Gmail account from her Elbit address.

The Elbit emails, dating from late 2021 through early 2023, include a detailed April 2022 proposal from Elbit Systems Emirates subsidiary to provide a suite of Hermes 900 drones with supporting equipment and logistical support to Abu Dhabi. The proposal lays out the terms of a deal that would see the Israeli defense manufacturer provide the UAE two Hermes 900 systems comprising six aircraft, SkEye wide-area surveillance sensors, ground-control equipment, training, and logistical support.

The proposal identifies Elbit Systems Ltd. as the seller and says the package was intended to meet an “Urgent Operational Requirement” of the UAE. The initial package offered six aircraft and supporting systems for $154 million with additional upgrades that would raise its total value to approximately $225 million.

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/elbit-israel-uae-drones-hermes

TREASON

Israel's 🇮🇱 control over the United States 🇺🇸 is transitioning from political ownership to military force.

The next phase of their plan is the destruction of the political institutions and emergence of Technocracy.

That's Trump's role

Once the political institutions are destroyed there is nothing stopping them sending Americans into another world war and deploying the national guard against U.S. citizens under the narrative of "civil unrest."

https://x.com/FinanceLancelot/status/2076898710701641966

It’s been this way for years

Wall Street Apes

@WallStreetApes

My jaw literally dropped checking this out

If you go to New Jersey inmates mugshots and filter by race “White” you’re mind is gong to be blown

Almost all mugshots are of minorities being booked as “White.” (Proof in video)

THIS IS INSANE. You should be furious. I go through

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2078946666967900573

A retired US general just told Fox News the war against Iran could last 20 years:

“We’re going to be there a long time. Operation Northern/Southern Watch [Iraq war] went on for 20 years. This is going to be similar. We’re going to have to stay there.”

We fucking told you so. 🤬

They lie us into war and then lie about the timeline and Americans fall for it every time.

https://x.com/ProudSocialist/status/2079756930801680390

This time is fundamentally different with AI surveillance and intelligence control making resistance impossible.

“I am a historian and political scientist. You need to understand, this time is fundamentally different.

The existence and proliferation of drones, mass surveillance tech, and AI means that the cost of maintaining a surveillance state has been reduced by _ orders of magnitude_ . Moreover, since many of these items are controlled by non state actors (aka corporations ), there is no democratic means to stop them, especially since public preferences on US policy have nearly no effect of Congressional activity ) due almost entirely to money in politics)

Add to that the profound influence of intelligence community institutions from around the world, such as the CIA, Mossad, Russian intelligence, Chinese intelligence, etc, and even when you have a govt that is legitimately trying to do things right, they can be subverted. J Edgar Hoover literally blackmailed a Justice on the Supreme Court, used COINTELPRO to destroy the Civil Rights movement. Russia interferes with US elections, almost certainly is the reason we have Trump in office- and very likely has had Trump as an asset since the 1980s. Mossad , by the estimation of many including the current Vice President of the United States,is almost certainly behind the entire Epstein scandal , and backed his operations for decades to get leverage on leaders, politicians, and people in positions of influence across the world.

And this is just what we know about.

The result is a situation where even if people want to fight back, either through mass protests, general strikes, or by violent revolution, it becomes almost impossible to accomplish. The concentration of media means half a dozen corporations comtrol what most people see, and this can control perspective and the ‘acceptable’ window of discussion. Foreign, Intel, and corporate influences will have an outsized effect on what that window includes.

And even when there is something the overwhelming majority agree on and want, those levers of power just…. Refuse to do it. Witness the ongoing struggle to release the complete Epstein files.

The democratizing effect of the Internet becoming common is neutered by the mass of voices, all screaming for attention – and many of them lying or deceived or just plain crazy. The constant message of doom- either real, or false- bombards the senses, and renders us depressed and resigned to the horror.

All.of this on a planet quickly becoming less welcoming to life due to our own actions.

I made the choice to have no children decades ago. I have never been more thankful for that decision, nor more certain it was the right one, than in this past decade. I despair for our species. I despair for the kids, the youths, anyone under 50 really.

I am of the certain opinion that we – that is, all of humanity _ -are all well and truly fucked, and at this point the only thing that might- _might – save us is a coronal mass ejection from the sun , big enough, strong enough, and lasting long enough to burn out every item of technology more advanced than a vacuum tube on Earth, and in our orbit .

Sure, a couple billion will die. But it would reset the parameters of the game to zero.

That’s my ‘good outcome’. You cannot imagine how terrible the ‘bad outcome’ I fear to come is.”

https://citizenwatchreport.com/this-time-is-fundamentally-different-with-ai-surveillance-and-intelligence-control-making-resistance-impossible/

Israel should establish Palestinian state, MK Gilad Kariv says, accuses PM of 'building up' Hamas

Kariv also addressed remarks by The Democrats Party chairman Yair Golan criticizing the settlement movement, saying Golan’s criticism had been directed at illegal outposts and centers of violence.

MK Gilad Kariv, who placed third in The Democrats Party primaries, said Israel should ultimately divide the land and establish a demilitarized Palestinian state as part of a regional agreement, while accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of building up Hamas; he told 103FM on Wednesday.

Kariv discussed his party’s diplomatic vision, the continuing war, and the issue of Palestinian statehood in an interview with Ron Kofman and Prof. Aryeh Eldad on 103FM’s "Five in the Evening" program. During the interview, he sharply criticized the government’s policy toward Hamas.

“Netanyahu did business with Hamas and built it up,” Kariv said. “It was the Israeli Right that built the Hamas state, as a result of unilateral steps.”

Addressing a possible resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Kariv said his party supports separation and the establishment of a demilitarized Palestinian state as part of a broader regional agreement.

“At the end of the diplomatic process, and that will take time, the land will be divided between the two peoples, and alongside the State of Israel there will be a demilitarized Palestinian state within a regional agreement,” he said.

Asked whether it was appropriate to discuss a diplomatic vision while the war was still underway, Kariv said that alongside military action, Israel must also present a clear political objective.

“During a war that has continued for two and a half years, the moment comes when you say, alongside the military measures, what your diplomatic vision is,” he said. “I ultimately want to reach a division of the land in order to ensure the future of the State of Israel as Jewish and democratic, and to end control over millions of Palestinians.”

'I am not ignoring the polls'

During the interview, Kariv was confronted with polls indicating broad support for Hamas among Palestinians in the West Bank, as well as concerns about the security risks that could be created for residents of the Gaza border communities and central Israel.

“I am not ignoring those polls,” Kariv said. “But you are ignoring other polls that also show a change in the trend regarding Hamas’s conduct, and the support that still exists for a diplomatic agreement. I pursue a diplomatic agreement cautiously and wisely with those forces in Palestinian society that are not Hamas, those people with whom every IDF brigade commander conducts security coordination.”

Yair Golan's criticism of Israeli settlers

Kariv also addressed remarks by The Democrats Party chairman Yair Golan criticizing the settlement movement. He said Golan’s criticism had been directed at illegal outposts and centers of violence.

“The remarks made by Yair Golan rightly focused on illegal outposts, with an emphasis on those outposts from which organized violence against Palestinians emerges,” Kariv said.

Kariv concluded by discussing the party’s primary results and the high voter turnout.

“We have held digital votes in the past, but we have never had a situation in which 100,000 Israelis voted, and that is a major celebration,” he said.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-903341

'We prevented the destruction of Third Temple': Netanyahu shares message on eve of Tisha B'av

"Instead of a civil war, we were brothers fighting shoulder to shoulder to repel those who seek our lives," he added, pointing out that the nation "saved Israel together."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Wednesday, on the eve of Tisha B'av that over the past three years, Israelis had prevented "the destruction of the Third Temple."

"Instead of a civil war, we were brothers fighting shoulder to shoulder to repel those who seek our lives," he said, pointing out that the nation "saved Israel together."

"We showed the world that the people of Israel are a brave people, a brave army, a generation of heroes. We repelled the terror of destruction and achieved great achievements."

Netanyahu says Israel's work to defend itself is not over

Netanyahu later added that he understood the work was not over, that there were still challenges ahead. However, he claimed that he intends to unite Israel in the upcoming elections.

"I will work to establish a broad national government, a stable government that will take care of our security and our future. I know that, during an election period, there will be arguments that will make it difficult for us to see this, but I also know that we are much more united than we seem," he said.

"Together, with God's help, we will ensure the eternity of Israel," he said in conclusion.

Netanyahu's comments come as Israel heads to elections, where the prime minister's reigning Likud Party will face off against Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar Party, and Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid's Together Party.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-903350

Satellite Images Shows More U.S. Losses After Recent Iranian Strikes

Between July 19 and July 22, Iranian state media released satellite images showing before-and-after damage at four military sites recently targeted by the Islamic Republic in Qatar, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait, all of which host United States forces.

The most prominent of the strikes hit Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle East and the forward headquarters of U.S. Central Command.

The images show what is described as a central logistics warehouse for aircraft parts, with a marked area of damage inside one of two large hangar buildings. Al Udeid houses the Combined Air Operations Center, which coordinates American air operations across the region, so any confirmed damage to its logistics infrastructure would carry real operational weight.

In Iraq, the images show an impact at Erbil Air Base, where a tent housing aerostat surveillance equipment was destroyed. Erbil has long hosted U.S. forces and has been under attack on a regular basis, making it one of the more frequently contested American footholds in the country.

Meanwhile in Jordan, the images turned to Tower 22, where a structure used to house military personnel was hit, with roughly 40 meters of visible damage running across one building in a row of barracks. The outpost has been a flashpoint before. More than two years ago, a drone attack there killed three U.S. soldiers.

The fourth site seen in the images is Ahmad Al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait, where an FPS-117 early-warning radar installation had been destroyed. Intact in the before image, the radar appears reduced to a blackened crater in the after image.

Al-Jaber has served as a hub for U.S. Air Force operations in the Gulf, and radar of this kind is generally considered a high-value target, since losing it would degrade regional early-warning coverage rather than damage a single facility in isolation.

Iranian missile and drone strikes have become more effective in recent days, which indicates that the air defenses of the U.S. and its allies have been degraded.

The ongoing limited confrontation between the U.S. and Iran, which began on July 7, is spinning out of control. The memorandum of understanding signed by the two sides last month to end the war has already collapsed, and a wider regional conflict may be just a few days away.

https://southfront.press/satellite-images-shows-more-u-s-losses-after-recent-iranian-strikes/

Ben Shapiro: "The revolution is always led by overeducated brokies."

"If you're a working poor person, you do not have time for the revolution."

https://x.com/infolibnews/status/2079986186571903453

Ben Shapiro says support for Palestinians is driven by "a love of loserdom."

He acts shocked that people could "somehow" turn Israel "into the bad guys" and Palestinians into "innocent victims."

https://x.com/infolibnews/status/2079980669392818527

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Washington controlled by ‘closeted gay mafia’ – Hunter Biden

The former US president’s son also claimed that ‘everybody knew’ Lindsey Graham was gay

Washington is controlled by a “closeted gay mafia” largely made up of Republican politicians, former US President Joe Biden’s scandal-plagued son, Hunter, has claimed, alleging that “everybody knew” late Senator Lindsey Graham was gay.

Longtime Russia hawk Lindsey Graham died earlier this month at the age of 71 from an aortic dissection, according to the preliminary findings of a medical examiner that was released by his office. The senator’s death came a day after his return from Kiev, where he had met Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky.

Biden made the remarks while discussing Republican politicians in Washington for a podcast interview that was released on Saturday.

I believe that internal conflict creates so much vitriol inside a person that they take it out on the rest of the world,” he said.

He suggested that, after spending “their whole lives” in the closet, these officials develop a “blackened heart” because they “can’t be who” they want and “take it out on everybody else” through their policies.

https://www.rt.com/news/643322-biden-graham-gay/