Guardian UK:

Last November, Amichai Chikli, a brash, 42-year-old Likud minister in the Israeli government, was called into the Knesset to brief lawmakers on what could be done about rising anti-war protests from young people across the United States, especially at elite universities.

“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again now, that I think we should, especially in the United States, be on the offensive,” argued Chikli.

Chikli has since led a targeted push to counter critics of Israel.

The Guardian has uncovered evidence showing how Israel has relaunched a controversial entity as part of a broader public relations campaign to target US college campuses and redefine antisemitism in US law.

Chikli assured the lawmakers that there was new money in the budget for a pushback campaign, which was separate from more traditional public relations and paid advertising content produced by the government. It included 80 programs already underway for advocacy efforts “to be done in the ‘Concert’ way”, he said.

The “Concert” remark referred to a sprawling relaunch of a controversial Israeli government program initially known as Kela Shlomo, designed to carry out what Israel called “mass consciousness activities” targeted largely at the US and Europe.

Concert, now known as Voices of Israel, previously worked with groups spearheading a campaign to pass so-called “anti-BDS” state laws that penalize Americans for engaging in boycotts or other non-violent protests of Israel.

Its latest incarnation is part of a hardline and sometimes covert operation by the Israeli government to strike back at student protests, human rights organizations and other voices of dissent.

Voices’ latest activities were conducted through non-profits and other entities that often do not disclose donor information.

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Yedioth Ahronoth:

One of the injured people in the Metulla attack yesterday underwent a 7-hour surgery, where the spleen was removed and the colon was shortened after his entire body was hit by shrapnel, in addition to being placed under anesthesia.

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Hebrew local source:

7 wounded soldiers, including 3 in serious condition.

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Several Yemeni TG channels reported preliminary information that the Israeli-Zionist ship MSC SARAH was targeted while on its way to the port of Abu Dhabi.

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❗️The occupation forces invaded two residential squares south of the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood in the south of Gaza City.

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