{"slug": "israels-50-million-experiment-to-change-public-opinion", "title": "Israel’s $50 Million Experiment to Change Public Opinion", "summary": "Israel is spending $50 million on an AI-powered campaign to improve its image among Americans, using personalized text messages and paid conservative media to counter unfavorable views driven by its wars in Gaza and Iran.", "body_md": "[Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/politics/israels-50-million-experiment-to-change-u-s-public-opinion-253b3b70): “Millions of similar texts have flooded American cellphones in recent months. They are written with artificial intelligence, pushed by a longtime Trump adviser’s firm—and paid for by the Israeli government.”\n\n“Some 60% of American adults now have an unfavorable view of Israel, according to a March poll by Pew Research, driven by its handling of its wars in Gaza and Iran.”\n\n“Israel is pouring tens of millions of dollars into a somewhat quixotic effort to beat back that tide, drawing on novel strategies powered by AI and directly paying conservative media.”\n\n[Save to Favorites](?wpfpaction=add&postid=2002389)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/israels-50-million-experiment-to-change-public-opinion", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/18/israels-50-million-experiment-to-change-public-opinion/", "published_at": "2026-07-19 01:32:55+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-19 01:34:46.555398+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Israel", "Pew Research", "Trump"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/israels-50-million-experiment-to-change-public-opinion", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/israels-50-million-experiment-to-change-public-opinion.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/israels-50-million-experiment-to-change-public-opinion.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/israels-50-million-experiment-to-change-public-opinion.jsonld"}}