Israeli pinkwashing propaganda collapses as funding dries up.
Israel massively sponsors state-funded propaganda to project a LGBTQ+ friendly, liberal, democratic image to Western audiences, effectively diverting international attention away from its occupation, apartheid conditions, and military actions in Palestine.
Following the second intifada in the mid-2000s, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Tourism, and private PR firms launched the "Brand Israel" campaign.
However, because of the war, funding is drying up. David Zini, director of Israeli Domestic Intelligence Agency, Shin Bet has completely scrapped its planned Pride Month events, banned the display of pride flags and symbols within the buildings, and shut down the agency's LGBTQ+ employee forum. Human resources department was ordered to strip the LGBTQ+ group's dedicated funding and dump it back into the general budget.