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The Other Face of War: Iranian Regime–Linked Manipulation of Israel’s 2026 Election Debate

The Other Face of War: Iranian Regime–Linked Manipulation of Israel’s 2026 Election Debate

Fake Israeli personas on X, linked to the Islamic Republic of Iran, infiltrated Israel’s 2026 election debate and drew about 950,000 views in 30 days. They posed as Israeli women, reservists and activists, but X’s own data placed them abroad. Golden Owl’s open-source investigation of 489,281 data points maps the network, its copied messages and how it reached real Israeli users ahead of the 27 October election.

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