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Pro-Palestinian protesters march near the United Nations as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, Sept. 26, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Israel just quadrupled its PR budget to $730M. Experts say it won’t work.

by Asaf Elia-Shalev April 30, 2026April 30, 2026

(JTA) — Israel is betting nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars that it can talk its way out of a reputation crisis. Lawmakers in Jerusalem approved a 2026 national budget […]

Sixteen young social media influencers, whose combined following reaches 32 million users worldwide, joined forces on a bus trip to northern Israel, June 22, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Deborah Danan)
Posted inU.S.

Eating grasshoppers for Israel: On the bus with an army of pro-Israel TikTok influencers

by Deborah Danan and JTA August 30, 2022
Protesters from Palestinian rights organizations scuffle with a pro-Israel group outside the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Win McNamee-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Is pro-Israel advocacy in crisis? How the Gaza conflict exposed political fault lines

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 3, 2021June 3, 2021
A man carries a tattered Trump flag at a rally for the president outside the Minnesota governor's mansion in St. Paul, Nov. 14, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Trump’s crusade on facts will make defending Israel harder than ever

by JTA November 18, 2020August 28, 2024
Palestinian protesters met by Israeli border police in Hebron, Feb. 2014 (Photo/Wikimedia-Mustafa Bader CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

The first time I saw video of nonviolent protest in the West Bank

by Julia Daniel April 16, 2018April 16, 2018

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