’Israeli’ PM Recruits University Students to For Pro-’Israel’ Propaganda on Social Media
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"Israeli" authorities are recruiting students to work at universities as "covert units," posting messages on social networking websites on behalf of Tel Aviv.
The students will be part of the "public diplomacy" arm of "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.
The covert units will receive full scholarships as compensation for their online pro-"Israel" publicity campaign, the "Israeli" daily Haaretz reported.
"The main subjects that the campus-based units will deal with are diplomatic- and security-related issues, efforts to combat boycotts of "Israel", anti-Semitism and the de-legitimization of "Israel"," the daily cited sources in Netanyahu's office as saying.
Moreover, Netanyahu's office plans on having the "student union" recruit up to 550 students with foreign language skills from "Israel's" seven universities.
"We will get authoritative information out and make sure it goes viral. We won't leave negative stories out there online without a response. What we are doing is revolutionary," an unidentified "Israeli" official told the Jerusalem Post.
"The national public diplomacy unit in the PMO places an emphasis on social network activity," Netanyahu's office said in a statement. "As part of this, a new pro-"Israel" public diplomacy infrastructure of students on "Israeli" campuses is being established that will assist in advancing and disseminating content on the social networks, particularly to international audiences."
The "Israeli" PM's office plans to invest nearly 850,000 dollars "to recruit, organize and fund the activities of hundreds of university students" for the propaganda, Haaretz mentioned.
Source: News Agencies, edited by website team
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