The Israeli state immediately seized on The Dinah Project’s report for hasbara. It made the report central to its $45m (£33m) Google Ads campaign to salvage its reputation during the genocide, which included attacks on the UN refugee agency Unrwa and denying famine in Gaza.
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“This is an important and significant project that serves as a significant public diplomacy tool for us,” Gal Ilan, an official in Israel’s National Public Diplomacy Directorate, told the Knesset, adding that “the campaign was disseminated by all the means we have as a state”.
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The Knesset wasn’t trying to hide this: they put it in a press release main.knesset.gov.il/en/news/pressreleases/pages/press14725q.aspx
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