Political warfare against Israel, led by Russia and China

U.S. intelligence indicates that the Gaza conflict has created fertile ground for foreign influence operations in the West, with Russia and China leading extensive political warfare campaigns against Israel. These efforts, building on the Soviet-era "Operation SIG" from the 1960s, aim to undermine U.S. support for Israel by rebranding the Arab-Israeli conflict as a "war of national liberation" and propagating fabrications like "illegal occupation" and "apartheid." China's more recent campaign, currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and the House Ways and Means Committee, reportedly involves funding anti-Israel protests in America and Europe, including groups like Code Pink. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has suggested Beijing has invested hundreds of millions in such propaganda. The article asserts that Israel is an indispensable component of U.S. national security, acting as a "leading force multiplier" through military intelligence, battle-testing of U.S. weapons systems, and strategic deterrence against adversaries in the Middle East. Former U.S. Air Force Intelligence chief Gen. George Keegan stated, "I could not have procured the intelligence [received from Israel] with five CIAs." The article concludes that these foreign campaigns are not driven by grassroots humanitarian anger but are orchestrated efforts to subvert, divide, and destabilize the United States and its allies, with Israel serving as the weapon and its strategic importance to America as the motive.