Israel’s Foreign Ministry will receive $150 million for what’s officially known as public diplomacy, or in Hebrew, hasbara.

The Israeli government plans to offset wartime spending and an economic slowdown with tax hikes and deep cuts to public services. But the proposed budget for 2025 also includes a massive new allocation: toward pro-Israel advocacy efforts abroad.

Under the new budget, Israel’s Foreign Ministry will receive $150 million, on top of what it gets for its existing activities, for what’s officially known as public diplomacy, or in Hebrew, hasbara. That sum is more than 20 times what such efforts have typically been allotted in past years.

  • eldaviEnglish
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    5 days ago

    aipac has proven that this is not true and americans have proven that propaganda works.

    doubling down on hasbara will work for the same reason tiktok is getting banned and reddit’s most active user localities are american military bases and gov’t agencies; manufacturing consent and shaping the narrative are the best forms of propaganda since its victims refuse to accept that they’ve been victimized.

    if we’re paying attention; we’ll see this used on luigi to great effect.