The Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday a project that could inject up to NIS 100 million [$30 million] toward covertly funding government propaganda in the United States and other Western countries. Led by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, the initiative is expected to revive a failed plan entrusted until recently to the now-defunct Strategic Affairs Ministry, which closed in 2021. The plan is to transfer money indirectly to foreign organizations that will spread Israeli propaganda in the countries in which they operate, all while hiding the fact that they are backed by the Israeli government.
The project, which was initially established under the name “Solomon’s Sling” and is now known as “Concert,” was supposed to serve as the spearhead of the Strategic Affairs Ministry and change the global discourse on Israel, particularly online. Solomon’s Sling’s mission was vaguely described as a struggle against “delegitimization” of the state through “mass consciousness activities.”
In the original plan, which was revealed in a series of investigations by The Seventh Eye, Solomon’s Sling was allocated a huge budget of NIS 256 million [$80 million]. Half of
— source the7eye.org.il | Itamar Benzaquen, The Seventh Eye | Jan 25, 2022