Haaretz report says Israel plans to fly 16 social media influencers who assist Trump’s MAGA and America First campaigns.
The Israeli overseas ministry will fund a tour of the nation by right-wing social media influencers from the US, says a report.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Sunday reported that the deliberate tour will function 16 influencers, all underneath the age of 30, who assist US President Donald Trump’s MAGA (Make America Nice Once more) and America First campaigns.
The influencers every have a whole bunch of hundreds to thousands and thousands of followers. They are going to be flown in to counter what the Israeli authorities sees as declining assist for Israel amongst younger People, the report mentioned, with out citing any date.
“With the rise of the America First motion and MAGA in American politics, it’s important for Israel that the motion undertake a pro-Israel place,” Yacov Livne, senior deputy director of the Israeli International Ministry’s Division of Public Diplomacy, was quoted as saying within the report.
The Israeli overseas ministry goals to convey 550 influencer delegations to Israel by the top of the 12 months by means of such excursions, it mentioned.
“[While] older Republicans and American conservatives nonetheless maintain pro-Israel views, optimistic views in direction of Israel are falling throughout all youthful age teams,” it mentioned, in line with the report.
The influencers shall be pushed to share messaging that aligns with Israeli coverage concerning the Palestinians. “We’re working with influencers, generally with delegations of influencers,” an unnamed supply from the ministry advised Haaretz.
“Their networks have big followings and their messages are simpler than in the event that they got here instantly from the ministry.”
The tour shall be carried out by means of an organisation known as Israel365, which is in a “distinctive place to convey a pro-Israel stance that aligns fully with the MAGA and America First agenda”, Haaretz quoted the overseas ministry as saying.
Israel365 promotes assist for Israel, particularly amongst Christians, primarily based on biblical ideas. Its web site says the group “stands unapologetically for the Jewish individuals’s God-given proper to the complete Land of Israel”.
The organisation additionally rejects a two‑state resolution as a “delusion” and describes its mission as defending “Western civilization towards threats from each Progressive Left extremism and international jihad”.
The ministry mentioned it has struck a 290,000-shekel ($86,000) deal to hold out the tour, Haaretz reported.
Because the war on Gaza started in October 2023, Israel365 “deepened ties with MAGA and America First actions, showing at their main occasions and serving to recruit outstanding conservative figures to go to Israel”, the report added.
