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How Israel uses Google Ads in its information offensive against Iran

Ads shown millions of times in five European countries promote Israel's justification for military intervention

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Jun 24, 2025

How Israel uses Google Ads in its information offensive against Iran

The Israeli government is a big fan of Google ads. It has used them for marketing campaigns that range from discrediting the UN refugee agency to promoting the Israeli candidate in the Eurovision singing competition.

Now, Israel is targeting European audiences with an intense ad campaign about its military operation against Iran. Some of the ads make debatable claims and were mislabeled by Google. One ad features the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), implicitly enlisting him in Israel’s case for bombing Iran.

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