Haaretz report says Israel plans to fly 16 social media influencers who help 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 USA, says a report.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Sunday reported that the deliberate tour will function 16 influencers, all below the age of 30, who help US President Donald Trump’s MAGA (Make America Nice Once more) and America First campaigns.
The influencers every have lots of of hundreds to thousands and thousands of followers. They are going to be flown in to counter what the Israeli authorities sees as declining help 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 Overseas 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 tip of the yr by means of such excursions, it mentioned.
“[While] older Republicans and American conservatives nonetheless maintain pro-Israel views, constructive views in the direction of Israel are falling throughout all youthful age teams,” it mentioned, in accordance with the report.
The influencers will likely be pushed to share messaging that aligns with Israeli coverage concerning the Palestinians. “We’re working with influencers, typically with delegations of influencers,” an unnamed supply from the ministry informed Haaretz.
“Their networks have large followings and their messages are simpler than in the event that they got here instantly from the ministry.”
The tour will likely 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 totally with the MAGA and America First agenda”, Haaretz quoted the overseas ministry as saying.
Israel365 promotes help for Israel, particularly amongst Christians, based mostly on biblical rules. Its web site says the group “stands unapologetically for the Jewish folks’s God-given proper to the complete Land of Israel”.
The organisation additionally rejects a two‑state answer as a “delusion” and describes its mission as defending “Western civilization towards threats from each Progressive Left extremism and world 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 distinguished conservative figures to go to Israel”, the report added.
