Google Reportedly Signs $45 Million Contract With Netanyahu To Promote Israeli Messaging

Google entered a $45 million advertising contract with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in late June to promote government messages about Gaza, according to government documents obtained by Drop Site News.

The six-month campaign uses YouTube and Google’s Display & Video 360 platform to distribute videos denying famine in Gaza, according to the report. One Foreign Ministry video declaring, “There is food in Gaza. Any other claim is a lie,” garnered over 6 million views, largely through paid promotion. Government contracts describe the campaign as “hasbara,” a Hebrew term for public relations or propaganda, according to Drop Site News.

The advertising push began hours after Israel announced humanitarian supplies to Gaza were blocked on March 2. During a Knesset hearing that day, IDF spokesperson Avichai Edrei told lawmakers authorities could “launch a digital campaign in this context, to explain that there is no hunger and present the data.”

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The contract describes Google as a “key entity” supporting the prime minister’s messaging.

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Israel also signed contracts with X for $3 million and Outbrain/Teads for $2.1 million, according to the government document reported by Drop Site News. (RELATED: REPORT: Leaked BBC Memo Orders Staff To Blame Israel For Gaza Starvation)

Documents suggest the campaigns initially centered on “Operation Rising Lion,” supporting Israeli airstrikes against Iran. (RELATED: ‘Two Very Simple Words’: Trump Makes His Stance On Iran Unequivocally Clear)

Other initiatives include an anti-UNRWA campaign running for “almost a year,” according to diaspora ministry official Hadas Maimon, as well as campaigns targeting the pro-Palestinian Hind Rajab Foundation, and ads promoting the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the outlet reported. (RELATED: More Countries Suspend Aid To UNRWA After Allegations Employees Aided Attack On Israel)

Google and Amazon also reportedly hold a separate cloud computing contract with the Israeli government called Project Nimbus, signed in 2021, which includes military services.

The alleged campaign contradicts UN assessments. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification formally declared famine in Gaza governorate in August, stating “this Famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed.” (RELATED:
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One Israeli official advocated for food restrictions. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told a news channel, “In my opinion, you can besiege them. No water, no electricity, they can die of hunger or surrender.”

Google co-founder Sergey Brin reportedly called the UN “transparently antisemitic” on an internal company forum after UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese criticized Google’s involvement in the conflict.

The Daily Caller reached out to Google for comment.