In a meeting dedicated to harnessing pro-Israel media energy on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alluded to a cohort of Israel’s influencers. “We have to fight back. How do we fight back? Our influencers. I think you should also talk to them if you have a chance, to that community, they are very important.”

Being paid by Israel to post on social media is also very lucrative. According to previously unreported recent documents, these influencers are likely being paid around $7,000 per post on social media such as Tik Tok and Instagram on behalf of Israel.

Bridges Partners, a firm working for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sent a series of invoices for its “Influencer Campaign” to Havas Media Group Germany, an international media group working for Israel. The invoices detailed a sum of $900,000, starting in June and slated to end in November, for a cohort of 14-18 influencers to create content.

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      Plenty of people who do it for free, for shits and giggles or out of being misguided. The influencers making money do have very large followings.

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    Are you an influencer who is fine with blood money and crimes against humanity?

    We have cash for you! Don’t worry about the funding; we’ve got the American Taxpayers to cover it.

    Just like we enjoy Universal Healthcare, which is also subsidized by the American Taxpayers.

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    I remember when I was a kid and Soros would give you a nickel a post.

    You’d use the nickel to buy an onion and hang it on your belt as that was the fashion of time.

    Women would look at your onions and decide if they’d want to date you or not.