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As Israel fights for hearts and minds online, influencers take center stage. But are likes and followers enough to shift the narrative?

"[The workers] know that if they complain, they may be deported. So they keep quiet. And these boys know exactly that," one Tel Aviv man explains.

The NRB’s 2026 annual conference will take place in Jerusalem for the first time, with CEO Troy Miller pledging support for Israel and a fight against misinformation.

TalkIsrael’s philosophy is simple: people don’t change their minds because they’re lectured, they change them when they feel something.

For the leader of one of the largest and most broadly representative Jewish groups in the country, these developments are hopeful.

After Charlie Kirk’s warning on Israel’s “information war,” new deals with US firms show millions spent on influencers and AI to sway young audiences.

The TikTok influencer, 17-year-old Sana Yousaf, was shot dead outside her home earlier this year in front of her mother.

The 37-year-old Gianmarco Soresi has seen his online popularity explode in recent years, as he joins a generation of comics finding audiences outside the comedy clubs.

It would be the fourth reprieve granted by President Donald Trump from federal enforcement of a law that originally gave ByteDance until January 2025 to sell or shutdown the popular social platform.

Kattan posted a video in July promoting an antisemitic conspiracy theory blaming Israel for nearly every major catastrophe of the last century to her 1.7 million TikTok followers.