On Friday, Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies deploy a digital army of Israel political bots on social media, to boost political messages via automated engagement to influence algorithms and public perception.
The investigation on the Israel online manipulation revealed that half of the politically active accounts in the country, and others, are not real people but bots. Many of them amplify posts by Netanyahu and members of his coalition.
The report exposed how the Israel bot farms tactic is designed to trigger platform algorithms by generating instant likes and shares, seconds after the content appears online.
Coordinated Boost to Manipulate
Israel politics social media pattern is highlighted by Scooper research group analyst, Jonathan Hasidim, “When he posts a five-minute video in Hebrew, in the first 60 seconds, most of the shares are from abroad, and [those] posts happen within about five seconds.”
Hasidim explained that early engagement of the Israel political bots often originates overseas before quickly dropping off.
Referring to reactions following the slaying of policeman 1st Sgt. Niv Peretz, Hasidim said, “the initial [response] was very strong, 70% from abroad, and after that we see a decline.”
He continued to add that it’s “a trend-graph that’s very characteristic of Netanyahu’s tweets.”
Channel 12 stated that while comments on such posts skew negative, shares appear overwhelmingly positive.
The report also highlighted how bots are used to spread libel, shielding operators from laws against knowingly lying about public figures. Experts stated that campaigns targeted anti-government protest leader Shikma Bressler, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, and families of hostages held in Gaza.
Opposition politicians were absent from such activity of the Israel political bots. Hasidim said that examinations of Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and The Democrats chairman Yair Golan showed no organized bot campaigns, strengthening claims that the event taking place is concentrated within pro-government Israel bot network.
Fake Accounts to Phone Farms
Supporting investigations described a rapidly evolving wave of Israel political bots that now relies on racks of real smartphones, blurring the line between advertising and Israel algorithmic manipulation under politics.
A rare video exposé shared in the “Rise of the Machines” AI focused Facebook group showed dozens of phones sending automated messages through chat applications.
These Israel online manipulation systems, investigators stated, are used by governments, financial influencers, and entertainment insiders to manufacture popularity. Israel bot farm consists of hundreds or thousands of smartphones controlled by a single computer, flooding platforms with coordinated likes, comments, and shares to simulate mass enthusiasm or outrage.
According to Meta, the practice is known as “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” a method that exploits algorithms programmed to reward engagement. Because the Israel social media bots fake accounts pass the Turing test, they often evade detection despite violating platform rules.
Explaining the global scale, Xpoz CEO Ran Farhi stated, “We know that China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and North Korea are using bot networks to amplify narratives all over the world.”
Farhi warned that repetition of the Israel social media bots, rather than persuasion, now drives belief.
Social media threat intelligence firm Narravance CEO Adam Sohn highlighted the Israel online influence challenge, “It’s very difficult to distinguish between authentic activity and inauthentic activity. It’s hard for us, and we’re one of the best at it in the world.”
What converges in the Israel political bots movement is a digital battleground where influence is created invisibly by Israel bot farms, leaving citizens to question whether the voices shaping public debate are human, automated, or something unsettlingly in between, as trust erodes and democracy absorbs the quiet cost of bots spreading propaganda across screens worldwide today online now.
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