Ministry of Strategic Affairs

Heavily-armed police seen during the pro-Palestinian protests in Washington, July 24, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

‘The pump is primed to suppress Palestine advocacy. Trump just has to let it flow’

A new book lays out how Israel exported its crackdown on Palestinian activism and helped trample free speech in the U.S., explains co-editor Zaha Hassan.

By Jonathan Adler February 17, 2025

Young Jews from around the world celebrate 10 years of the Birthright program at an event held at the International Conference Center in Jerusalem, May 12, 2010. (Dudi Vaknin/Flash90)

The new hasbara campaign Israel doesn’t want you to know about

Losing the war for public opinion abroad, Israel is relaunching a heavily-funded plan to disguise its own propaganda behind the façade of 'foreign agents.'

By Itamar Benzaquen and The Seventh Eye January 25, 2022

Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer, seen at the organization’s offices in Ramallah, the West Bank on February 19, 2019. (Photo: Mohannad Darabee for +972 Magazine)

‘They targeted us for one reason: We’re succeeding in changing the paradigm’

After being outlawed as 'terrorist organizations' overnight, Palestinian human rights groups talk to +972 about why Israel's allegations are not just unfounded, but amount to an act of political persecution.

By Yuval Abraham October 25, 2021

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Pro-Palestine activists protest outside Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, demanding the company does not change its hate speech policy to conflate anti-Zionism with antisemitism, February 25, 2021. (Courtesy of Facebook, We Need To Talk Campaign)

Is Facebook about to crack down on criticism of Zionism?

Palestine advocates have long charged Facebook with suppressing criticism of Israel. Now they fear the company will escalate its censorship using a single keyword.

By Oren Ziv and Alex Kane March 25, 2021

Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan speaks at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, at the Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem, November 21, 2018.
(Miriam Alster /Flash90)

Jerusalem Post took government money to publish anti-BDS special

The Strategic Affairs Ministry's funding of a Jerusalem Post supplement is part of a government-led campaign targeting the Palestinian rights movement.

By Itamar Benzaquen and The Seventh Eye October 4, 2020

Gilad Erdan, then Minister of Strategic Affairs, speaks during an international press conference, Bnei Brak, February 3, 2019. (Flash90)

Israeli ministry paying for anti-BDS propaganda in major news outlets

The Strategic Affairs Ministry, which is leading the international campaign against BDS, is buying space in mainstream Israeli newspapers to promote its messages under the guise of published articles.

By Itamar Benzaquen and The Seventh Eye January 14, 2020

Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch (Courtesy of Omar Shakir).

PODCAST: Israel wants to deport this human rights defender

On the latest episode of The +972 Podcast, Human Right Watch’s Omar Shakir talks about Israel’s case against him, which he believes is a watershed moment for democracy and free speech in Israel. Listen here: iTunes/Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify For more than a year now, Israel has been trying to deport the Israel and Palestine Director…

By +972 Magazine June 28, 2019

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan and Chief of Police Roni Alsheikh attend a ceremony for Israeli police at the Police National College, Bet Shemesh, September 22, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Challenging Israel’s secret information warfare campaign

Israel’s government is outsourcing ‘mass consciousness activities’ to private organizations, unaccountable to the public. A legal challenge in the High Court aims to stop it. By Itamar Benzaquen Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs is carrying out a global propaganda campaign on behalf of the Israeli government that violates human rights and is acting without authority to do…

By The Seventh Eye May 2, 2018