"Facts for Peace" is another covert initiative launched by elements of the Zionist movement, this time led by fervent Zionist billionaires.

The US news outlet Semafor first reported on this campaign on November 9 last year, with the headline, "Billionaires discuss $50 million anti-Hamas media blitz."

Real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht spearheaded the effort in the wake of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In an email, Sternlicht sought $1 million contributions from several of the wealthiest individuals in the business world.

He mentioned having had “a great conversation” about the campaign with CNN owner David Zaslav and added that Endeavor CEO and talent agent Ari Emmanuel had “agreed to coordinate” the effort. However, spokespeople for both Zaslav and Emmanuel have stated that neither is currently involved.

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The email was sent to more than 50 prominent figures, including media mogul David Geffen, investors Michael Milken and Nelson Peltz, and tech giants Eric Schmidt and Michael Dell.

Collectively, the recipients' net worth is estimated at nearly $500 billion, based on data from Bloomberg and Forbes.

Sternlicht stated in his email that he aimed to raise $50 million from the group, with plans to seek matching funds from a major Jewish charity. The goal was to fund a media campaign to “define Hamas” as “not just the enemy of Israel, but of the United States.”

By early November, the effort had raised several million dollars, hired Josh Blasto, a former aide to Senator Chuck Schumer and Governor Andrew Cuomo, as an advisor, and quietly launched the website factsforpeace.org.

Later that month, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that a multimillion-dollar campaign against the pro-Palestinian movement had spent over $370,000 in viral ads on Facebook and Instagram, without disclosing its financial sources.

Blasto's name is notably absent from the Facts for Peace listings for ads on Facebook and Instagram, as well as the organization's website. However, reverse searches of the phone number registered in Meta's ad library trace back to Blasto, and the same number is listed for his PR firm, Bamberger and Vlasto.

Fulfill the Promise LLC was initially founded on September 15, 2022, then renamed Change the Narrative Coalition LLC on October 16, 2023, before becoming Facts for Peace on the same day.

Through the Barry S. Sternlicht Foundation, Sternlicht had, in 2022, financially supported Birthright, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and the Chabad Lubavitch sect, which some critics have described as genocidal.

Facts for Peace is just one of several covert operations led by Zionists to suppress opposition to the genocide in Palestine, with many others operating in a similar vein.

Israeli firm behind secretive misinformation campaign targeting Muslims and immigrants

A secretive Israeli political marketing firm, known as STOIC and with a minimal online presence, is reportedly at the center of another covert disinformation campaign. This operation leverages AI to produce manipulative content laced with deeply Islamophobic and anti-immigrant messages.

The campaign includes seemingly independent websites that show no clear connections to each other. One of these sites, called Good Samaritan, ranked and mapped US universities based on alleged "anti-Semitic" incidents on their campuses.

Upon examining the site's code, unique elements were found that linked it to previously exposed sites. A network analysis revealed other websites sharing the same IP, all traced back to STOIC.

Among them was United Citizens for Canada, which operated multiple social media accounts and spread heavily Islamophobic content, including claims that Muslim immigrants posed a threat to Canada.

Another site, focused on the Arab slave trade, was almost entirely lifted from Wikipedia and targeted Black Americans, promoting the notion that Arabs were historically involved in the slave trade in Africa.

Additionally, a website called Serenity Now presented itself as anarchist, attempting to persuade young Americans to oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state, arguing that since states are man-made constructs, a Palestinian state would undermine the objectives of the progressive movement.

The key takeaway is that Zionists are prepared to adopt any ideology as long as they see it as beneficial in countering the movement against genocide and the growing belief that Zionism cannot be reformed.

Unsurprisingly, this operation was partly uncovered by social media giant Meta and OpenAI, which discovered that its ChatGPT software was being utilized to create problematic content. They confirmed the existence of the influence operation and attributed it to the Israeli company STOIC.

But are these seemingly independent efforts to manipulate and deceive, like Facts for Peace and the covert ads, actually connected to the regime? It appears so.

Reports indicate that the covert STOIC campaign was funded with $2 million from the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, which has recently assumed responsibility for Public Diplomacy.

It remains unclear which state intermediary awarded the contract and subsequently subcontracted it to STOIC. However, it is likely tied to Voices of Israel, a public benefit company used by the regime to circumvent the US Foreign Agents Registration Act.

The Facts for Peace campaign also seems connected, as it has partnered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and another entity affiliate, the Combat Antisemitism Movement, which is responsible for covering 50% of the costs for all campaigns with the ministry, while the bidder funds the remaining 50%.

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