On this episode of Haaretz Weekly, host Allison Kaplan Sommer talks to investigative journalists Omer Benjakob and Gur Megiddo about their months-long investigation, in collaboration with Radio France, The Guardian and other leading international media outlets, that revealed the dirty, secret methods of Israel's 'agents of chaos'. This investigation revealed how, from a small office building in a quiet suburb of Tel Aviv, a group of Israelis is disrupting democracy in various countries around the world, spreading dangerous misinformation and undermining the results of democratic elections. Their unbelievable and extremely disturbing story takes us from Israel to Kenya, Mexico, France and Burkina Faso, as influence ops, hacking, avatars and  false information come together to paint a freightening picture. 

On this episode of Haaretz Weekly, host <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/haaretz-today/2023-02-16/ty-article/.highlight/unmasking-israels-cyber-arms-industry-is-just-the-beginning/00000186-5a7a-da32-ab97-fa7e741e0000">Allison Kaplan Sommer</a> talks to investigative journalists <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-02-15/ty-article-magazine/.premium/the-israeli-hackers-who-tried-to-steal-kenyas-election/00000186-4b7f-d5d4-a5e7-ebff5c9c0000">Omer Benjakob</a> and <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-02-15/ty-article-magazine/.premium/cambridge-analyticas-israeli-black-ops-team-exposed-at-last/00000186-4b78-da04-a186-7bfa41fe0000">Gur Megiddo</a> about their months-long investigation, in collaboration with Radio France, The Guardian and other leading international media outlets, that revealed the dirty, secret methods of Israel's '<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2022-11-16/ty-article-static-ext/the-israeli-agents-of-chaos/00000186-44ee-dfa7-afee-ffef1fcc0000">agents of chaos</a>'. This investigation revealed how, from a small office building in a quiet suburb of Tel Aviv, a group of Israelis is disrupting democracy in various countries around the world, spreading dangerous misinformation and undermining the results of democratic elections. Their unbelievable and extremely disturbing story takes us from Israel to Kenya, Mexico, France and Burkina Faso, as influence ops, hacking, avatars and  false information come together to paint a <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2023-02-17/ty-article-opinion/investigate-the-agents-of-chaos/00000186-5bd7-d22b-ad9e-7ff741f80000">freightening picture</a>.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer. 

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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