Israel
has created a secretive body made up of ex-generals and a former UN
ambassador to engage in an online propaganda campaign against the
state’s opponents internationally.
The
Strategic Affairs Ministry created the corporation to carry out “mass
awareness activities” to counteract what it describes as “the
delegitimization campaign” against Israel internationally, Haaretz
reports.
The
group, named Kella Shlomo, received $37 million from the Netanyahu
government, and reportedly expects to raise the same amount through
international donors, from “philanthropic sources” and
“pro-Israel organizations.”
According
to a government resolution report obtained by the media watchdog
Seventh Eye, the funding is to “implement part of the ministry’s
activities related to the struggle against the phenomena of
delegitimization and boycotts against the State of Israel.”
In
late December, the government approved plans to dedicate $75 million
to fight the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
movement.
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