Israel's UN Campaign Uses AI Video of Parrots Repeating 'Blame Israel'

Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, in collaboration with the National Public Diplomacy Directorate, has launched a new campaign titled 'The UN's Lie Industry.' The campaign aims to expose what it calls systematic and false bias against Israel within the United Nations.

The centerpiece of the campaign is an original AI-generated video depicting the UN General Assembly hall filled with parrots, each representing a different member state. These parrots repeatedly chant "Blame Israel," echoing the message throughout the hall until it becomes a chorus of accusation. The video concludes with the message, "Repeating lies doesn’t make them true," and directs viewers to a campaign website.

The website, launched last week, details how biased information about Israel is institutionalized and disseminated globally, particularly since the October 7th attacks. It covers topics such as information manipulation, anti-Israel organizational culture, false claims of starvation in Gaza, Hamas infiltration of UNRWA, and the narrative of 'genocide.' The site also includes testimonies from UN officials about internal silencing and persecution.

The campaign is being promoted digitally, with a focus on the United States and European capitals. Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli stated that the UN General Assembly hall has become a "sounding board for conspiracies against Israel," and that the video illustrates this "culture of recitation." He emphasized that "a thousand repetitions of a lie will not make it true" and vowed to continue exposing facts.

Zippi Hotoveli, head of the National Public Diplomacy Directorate, added that many false blood libels against Israel originate from UN reports, citing the false starvation campaign in Gaza as an example. She asserted that the campaign aims to present truth and facts to shatter the "lie industry" against Israel.