AntiWar.com reports that Israel escalated attacks on New Years Day, killing dozens of Palestinians in Gaza. It also reports the U.S. government has now given Israel $22 billion in military funding since October 2023.
Drop Site News reports: “Israel announces a dramatic expansion to its ‘Hasbara’ (propaganda) operations in 2025 budget. The Foreign Ministry will receive an additional $150 million on top of its existing budget, marking a staggering 20-fold increase in funding for ‘consciousness warfare’ activities compared to previous years. This massive increase is aimed at reshaping international opinion through aggressive propaganda campaigns targeting American college campuses, social media platforms, and the foreign press. The effort will be coordinated with American Jewish organizations and the Diaspora Affairs Ministry.”
The Cradle reports: “BBC staffers reveal editor’s ‘entire job’ to whitewash Israeli war crimes.”
ALAN MACLEOD, amacleod@mintpressnews.com, @AlanRMacLeod
MacLeod is senior staff writer at Mint Press News. His posts on X regularly go viral, including his exposure of headlines that avoid naming Israel as responsible for the horrors in Gaza.
He was recently interviewed on Bad Faith Podcast to discuss his “explosive report on the sheer number of former Israeli intelligence officers who work in U.S. media and tech, and how they influence U.S. news coverage of Israel’s occupation of Palestine.”
His recent pieces include: “Tiktok Isn’t Anti-israel: It’s Hired Unit 8200 Agents to Run Its Affairs,” and “Exposed: How Israeli Spies Control Your VPN,” and “Worthy Victims: Why the New York Times Deleted Israeli Fan Rampage Video.”
He has written about how political figures are effectively marketed: “From ‘Terrorist’ to ‘Freedom Fighter’: How the West Rebranded Al-Qaeda’s Jolani as Syria’s ‘Woke’ New Leader,” and “Marco Rubio: From ‘Perfect Little Puppet’ to Most Dangerous Man Alive.”