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Israel Schedules Elections for October 27
Haaretz reported that Iran is linking military moves with digital influence operations and spy recruitment targeting Israelis before the October 27 vote. Cybersecurity correspondent Omer Benjakob said security services have fallen behind on foreign online activity now boosted by AI. The report also covered recent appearances by two U.S. Democratic presidential candidates in the region.
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Israeli elections are scheduled for October 27. Haaretz reported that Iran is pairing its military actions with online campaigns intended to create division inside Israel while also attempting to recruit Israelis as spies. Haaretz cyber and disinformation correspondent Omer Benjakob made the assessment during a July 13 roundtable on the Haaretz Election Podcast with host Allison Kaplan Sommer and correspondent Linda Dayan.
"We've let the digital arena fester," Benjakob said. " Benjakob noted the difficulty of separating sources of the content. "Nine times out of 10, you can't differentiate between a pro-Iranian campaign and a pro-Netanyahu campaign," he said.
The same podcast discussion reviewed other political developments from the past week. U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Rahm Emanuel addressed Israelis in Tel Aviv. Another candidate, Ro Khanna, was detained by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the southern West Bank.
