Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday morning that Israeli intelligence recently sent a firm letter to Russian intelligence officials asking them to stop online influence operations on Israelis.
According to the Hebrew newspaper, bots that spread pro-Russian propaganda in Hebrew have recently appeared on social networks, with the aim of persuading the Israeli public not to support Ukraine, amid the belief that this is a Russian political campaign with instructions from the Kremlin.
According to the newspaper, the Russian influence measures are not the first of their kind, but they exploit every "wound in Israeli society, and every sharp disagreement." as you say.
In recent days, the Israeli security establishment has defined the expansion of influence operations, with a focus on deepening internal Israeli divisions.
She indicated that the message that was sent to the Russian intelligence is the second of its kind, as a similar message was passed before the recent Israeli elections, in which the Russians were asked not to interfere in the elections.
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Israel asks Russia to stop influencing the Israelis