The Cradle:

The Israeli government spent at least $2 million on an online influence campaign that used hundreds of fake social media accounts and at least three fake English-language news sites featuring pro-Israel articles urging US lawmakers to fund Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, according to an investigation by the New York Times (NYT).

Earlier this year, an investigation by Israeli media watchdog group Fake Reporter revealed the existence of the online influence campaign. However, Wednesday's report from the NYT is the first confirmation that the Israeli government bankrolled the operation.

According to officials, the campaign generated many posts using the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT and was managed by Israeli political marketing firm Stoic.

Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs denied involvement in the influence campaign and claimed no connection to Stoic.

We now know why all those posts looked and felt the same. In fact, they WERE.

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According to Al Jazeera, the US State Department said, “We are looking into incidents that occurred in Gaza to assess Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law”.

This change of heart reinforces the speculation that this “new” deal was meant to end the bulk of the hostilities ahead of the EU elections (6th-9th June).

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The German ambassador to Israel isn’t happy with all that genocidal hate.

Oddly, the Times of Israel reported the news without a diss.

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Israeli Broadcasting Authority:

The War Council decided not to leave the negotiating delegation to Doha until Hamas responds to the proposal

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🇾🇪 The Yemeni Armed Forces will issue an important statement at 10:30 PM Sana’a time, in about 50 minutes.

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Yedioth Ahronoth:

This afternoon, two mortar shells were fired from the center of the Gaza Strip towards Kibbutz Kissufim, and they landed in open areas.

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