Israel dumps millions into geo targeting evangelicals in churches and ChatGPT (www.disclose.tv)

Israel has quietly funded a wide-ranging U.S. influence operation—routing millions through agencies like Havas Media Germany and contracting firms including Clock Tower X—to sway American opinion, especially among evangelical Christians and young social-media users. Contracts disclosed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act reveal a $6M, four-month Clock Tower X deal to produce 100 core content pieces monthly (plus 5,000 derivative assets) aimed at 50 million impressions, an attempted $3M evangelical campaign using biblical framing, geofencing perimeters of major churches and Christian colleges to identify ~8 million churchgoers and 4 million students, influencer programs, and bot-operated amplification across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and conservative Christian radio networks. The government also spent over $45M on platform ads in late 2025 and established a wartime “Technological War Room” (Project Max) emphasizing AI, big data, monitoring and disruption tools. For the AI/ML community this is notable both technically and ethically: Clock Tower X’s “Search and Language Operation” is the first documented state attempt to deliberately shape Google search rankings and generative AI outputs (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) on Israel–Palestine, while commercial geofencing and large-scale synthetic content pipelines illustrate how AI and ad-tech can be combined for targeted persuasion. The effort raises questions about platform policy, model safety, provenance and detection of state-directed influence campaigns, and sets a precedent for governments attempting to manipulate LLM framing and content distribution at scale.