AI hasbara: Israel pours millions into influencing U.S. evangelicals in churches, ChatGPT
AI hasbara: Israel pours millions into influencing U.S. evangelicals in churches, ChatGPT
www.haaretz.com /israel-news/security-aviation/2025-11-06/ty-article-magazine/.premium/ai-hasbara-israel-pours-millions-into-influencing-u-s-evangelicals-in-churches-chatgpt/0000019a-540e-db4c-a5fb-dfafea590000
The Israeli government has signed contracts worth millions of dollars in recent months to rehabilitate Israel's standing in American public opinion, both online and offline. Amid a sharp drop in support from the conservative right, Israel has hired firms to conduct not just "hasbara public diplomacy] campaigns" but also campaigns targeting millions of Christian churchgoers, bot networks to amplify pro-Israel messages online, and efforts to influence both search results and the responses given by popular AI services like ChatGPT.