03/12/2026
Just like pharmaceutical companies court doctors to push their products, Israel courts leaders from our communities to build political support. Nonprofit leaders, educators, social service workers, researchers, and elected officials are being brought into these circles, but more and more people are seeing through it.
It’s no surprise when politicians vote in Israel’s interests instead of the interests of the communities they represent.
Institutional exchanges between the U.S. and Israel involving law enforcement, politicians, universities, nonprofits, and more are part of a broader lobbying strategy.
It’s no coincidence that Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague took a paid trip to Israel and now chairs the Israel Bonds Government, Industry and Financial Services Leadership group while Ohio holds over $250 million in Israel Bonds.
