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Israel's $1 Billion Hasbara Influence Machine since October 7th / Nick Cleveland-Stout

Aug 25
Episode 1926
The Israeli government itself has launched this full-court press to try and influence the American public. They see the writing on the wall of the US electorate totally questioning the US-Israel relationship over the last couple of years. So there was this total switch beginning a year and a half ago in which a flood of agents working on behalf of the Israeli government were registering for FARA because AIPAC weren’t enough anymore. They clearly were desperate to change this public opinion and this was their last-ditch effort.

Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Research fellow Nick Cleveland-Stout discusses his recent report, "The Eighth Front: Inside Israel’s $1 Billion Influence Campaign":  https://quincyinst.org/research/the-eighth-front-inside-israels-1-billion-influence-campaign/

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Nick Cleveland-Stout

 

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Nick Cleveland-Stout

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Nick Cleveland-Stout is a research associate in the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He investigates foreign influence, think tank funding, and war profiteering. Previously, he conducted research on US-Brazil relations as a Fulbright fellow at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Nick is also a former Marcellus Policy Fellow with the John Quincy Adams Society, where he authored “The Case for a ‘Green BRAC.’” His work has appeared in Responsible Statecraft, The Nation, The Intercept, The Brazilian Report, Drop Site, and The Hill. Nick earned his Bachelor’s degree from Colorado College, where he studied political science.