{"id":304536,"date":"2025-10-13T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=304536"},"modified":"2025-10-07T07:28:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T06:28:01","slug":"they-really-think-theyll-be-able-to-propagandize-the-world-into-liking-israel-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/10\/they-really-think-theyll-be-able-to-propagandize-the-world-into-liking-israel-again\/","title":{"rendered":"They Really Think They\u2019ll Be Able to Propagandize the World into Liking Israel Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><strong>Propaganda is an effective tool of mass-scale psychological manipulation, but it isn\u2019t magic. It isn\u2019t going to miraculously erase what people know in their bones to be true.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_304537\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gaza-genocide-demo-protest.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304537\" class=\"wp-image-304537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gaza-genocide-demo-protest.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gaza-genocide-demo-protest.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gaza-genocide-demo-protest-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gaza-genocide-demo-protest-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gaza-genocide-demo-protest-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-304537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feature image via rajatonvimma \/\/\/ VJ Group Random Doctors (CC BY 4.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>6 Oct 2025\u00a0<\/em>&#8211;\u00a0It\u2019s cute how the Zionists think they\u2019ll be able to manipulate and propagandize the world into liking Israel again.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, saturate all online platforms with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-869219\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weird-faced influencers<\/a> telling us Israel is awesome. That\u2019ll make us forget those years of genocidal atrocities.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/netanyahu-admits-using-social-media-as-weapon-to-influence-us-opinion-amid-gaza-genocide\/3700646\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">buy up the social media platforms<\/a> that young people are using so you can <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/will-tiktoks-new-owners-censor-pro-palestine-content.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">censor criticism of Israel<\/a>. That\u2019ll convince them that Zionism is cool.<\/p>\n<p>Go on, take control of CBS and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/cbs-news-bari-weiss-editor-reaction-b2839064.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">make Bari Weiss the boss<\/a>. That\u2019ll make us forget all those videos of mutilated Palestinian children.<\/p>\n<p>Right, use <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mtracey\/status\/1837886438903357920\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zionist oligarchs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3lSjXhMUVKE\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">influence operations<\/a> to manipulate governments and institutions into <a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2025\/03\/04\/wests-support-for-israel-is-no-1-threat-to-free-speech\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crushing free speech<\/a> which opposes a genocidal apartheid state. That\u2019ll get everyone supporting the genocidal apartheid state.<\/p>\n<p>Propaganda is an effective tool of mass-scale psychological manipulation, but it isn\u2019t magic. It isn\u2019t going to miraculously erase what people know in their bones to be true.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1974753536228696086&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2025%2F10%2F06%2Fthey-really-think-theyll-be-able-to-propagandize-the-world-into-liking-israel-again%2F&amp;sessionId=2d818aa1bc3f4828783a5a29d2253a238610536f&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1974753536228696086\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In order to successfully propagandize people you need to first get them to trust you, and then you need to feed them narratives which appeal to the cognitive biases they already hold. Nobody trusts Israel apologia anymore, and people\u2019s biases are now stacked squarely against the Zionist entity. They\u2019ve got nothing to work with and nowhere to start from.<\/p>\n<p>If a coworker you hate came up to you and started stealing stuff off your desk while telling you he\u2019s your friend and that he would never steal from you, you\u2019re not going to believe him no matter how many words he says to you. No matter how skillful a manipulator he is, no matter how eloquent his words are, nothing he says will trump your first hand observations of your material reality.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what it\u2019s like at this point. They\u2019re trying to throw a bunch of language at us in order to convince us that we haven\u2019t seen what we\u2019ve seen, haven\u2019t experienced what we\u2019ve experienced, and don\u2019t know what we know. And they assume it will work because the language they\u2019re throwing at us is being circulated in high volumes and costs a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t work, though. Even if propaganda could convince us that we haven\u2019t seen what we\u2019ve seen and don\u2019t know what we know, propaganda only works if you don\u2019t know it\u2019s happening to you. These past two years have made even relatively apolitical members of the public acutely aware that there is an aggressive campaign to manipulate their perception of the state of Israel, and that anyone pushing them to support that state is untrustworthy. Nobody\u2019s going to buy into the propaganda if they don\u2019t trust the source.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1974585480479228255&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2025%2F10%2F06%2Fthey-really-think-theyll-be-able-to-propagandize-the-world-into-liking-israel-again%2F&amp;sessionId=2d818aa1bc3f4828783a5a29d2253a238610536f&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1974585480479228255\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Now that everyone\u2019s aware that Israel is paying influencers <a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/israel-influencers-netanyahu\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$7,000 per post<\/a> to churn out propaganda on its behalf, whenever you see a video online of some young social media-savvy personality promoting pro-Israel narratives you <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertMidgley07\/status\/1974537263758655855\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">see their replies flooded<\/a> with memes and jokes about their $7k jackpot. From now on whenever some sunglasses-wearing zillennial shows up going \u201cIsrael is surrounded on all sides by Islamofascists and you think JEWS are the problem? Uhh, no babe. Walk with me,\u201d everyone\u2019s going to go \u201cFound one of those $7k posts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It just doesn\u2019t work. Psychological manipulation only goes so far. There\u2019s only so much that clever language can do to decouple someone\u2019s mind from their direct experience of material reality.<\/p>\n<p>This is where Israel went wrong in alienating the liberal Zionists. They needed people at the table who understood how normal human beings think, who could help the Israel project walk the delicate line between apartheid abuses papered over with propaganda and full-scale atrocities which would alienate the world. Instead they decided to go all in with the Smotriches and Ben-Gvirs, trusting that the propaganda machine which had served them so well all those decades would continue to carry them through any international upset they might cause.<\/p>\n<p>It hasn\u2019t turned out that way. The world\u2019s eyes are open to what Israel is, and they are never going to close again. You can\u2019t take off the Mickey Mouse mask, show the kids the snarling Freddy Krueger face underneath it, and then put the mask on and hope they start calling you Mickey again. Nobody\u2019s going to forget what you showed them.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. <em>Contact: <\/em><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/TRANSCEND\/T%20M%20S\/TO%20POST\/A%20BYLINES\/admin@caitlinjohnstone.com\">admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com.au\/2025\/10\/06\/they-really-think-theyll-be-able-to-propagandize-the-world-into-liking-israel-again\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 Oct 2025 &#8211; Propaganda is an effective tool of mass-scale psychological manipulation, but it isn\u2019t magic. 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