Immediately after the bill to dissolve the government was rejected, coordinated attacks on Israeli public opinion began online. The sheer volume of comments from what appear to be “not the sharpest knives in the drawer” is striking: on some Telegram channels run by my clients, engagement spiked severalfold—not by percentages. Such jumps never happen “out of nowhere.”
The same pattern repeats on YouTube, Facebook, and even Russian-language social networks: accounts appear, post an aggressive one-liner like “you’re writing complete nonsense! the prime minister is an angel, and your laws of physics and economics are garbage!”, and then disappear. They don’t answer questions in chats, don’t engage in discussion—only pump noise.
Importantly, this isn’t limited to right-leaning platforms. Some of my clients run moderately left-leaning projects, and the same mirror behavior is visible there. It feels as if someone is deliberately heating up the extremes across multiple camps at the same time.
About a week ago, on a darknet forum, I came across an ad seeking bulk purchases of Israeli SIM cards with mandatory remote access. I won’t go into technical details, but this setup is typical for building bot farms. A few minutes of messaging with the “buyer” confirmed my suspicions: manipulation of public opinion is in full swing. Based on my analysis, this is not a local actor inside Israel—the source is most likely external.
Bot farms are a convenient pressure tool. They’ve been used in elections across Eastern Europe: swarms of artificial accounts inflate the “agenda,” push the street, and create the illusion of consensus. Formally, platforms prohibit this, but legally regulating it is difficult, and proving each specific case is nearly impossible. Imagine an AI given a concrete objective, day after day amplifying the voices it needs—and thousands of people, having absorbed the “right” conclusions, take to the streets.
At the same time, “investors” tied to ultra-Orthodox funds surface and speak in unison: “we’re ready to donate if you keep ignoring the state.” Suddenly, rabbis discover a thousand and one “commandments” justifying the avoidance of conscription, health funds, and the National Insurance Institute. Meanwhile, myths about “cosmic benefits” are pushed among the secular population. The outcome is the same: society is being deliberately pitted against itself, with the real agenda replaced by an artificial conflict.
Frankly, those behind this are weak students of Israel’s security services. Modern warfare is hybrid, and a significant share of it unfolds online. I wouldn’t be surprised if, in the next Israeli elections, an unknown “leader” emerges whose electorate is assembled by bot farms and networked disinformation.
This isn’t a conspiracy theory—it’s a description of a recurring pattern I observe in practice: sharp spikes of “dead souls,” no dialogue, unified playbooks, and demand for Israeli SIM cards with remote access. Draw your own conclusions.