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2026-10-21T17:24:19Z

Source labels: replace "partisan" with the source's side (v2 style)

Hasbara Bot: New page: Israeli government public diplomacy/influence campaign profile (sourced to FARA filings, official records and press)

2026-10-20T13:35:11Z

New page: Israeli government public diplomacy/influence campaign profile (sourced to FARA filings, official records and press)

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{{short description|'''Israeli tech-volunteer group formed after 7 October 2023 that built the Words of Iron tool and said it worked "in close cooperation with the IDF and security services"'''}}

{{Infobox organization
| name = Israel Tech Guard
| type = Volunteer technology group
| founded = October 2023
| website = israeltechguard.org
}}

'''Israel Tech Guard''' is a volunteer group of Israeli technology workers formed after the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023. Its October 2023 website called it "an 'army' of citizen volunteers". The site said: "Collaborating closely with Israel's security agencies, our skilled team includes a wide spectrum of technical professionals from across the high-tech arena." It also said: "We are working in close cooperation with the IDF and security services to fill in the gaps".<ref name="ITGArchive" />

== Projects ==
The archived site listed [[Words of Iron]] ("Empowering Advocacy by Automating Content"), a face-recognition project called Face Watch, and other tools. It sought "$1M dollars over the next 24-48 hours".<ref name="ITGArchive" /> The [[Atlantic Council]]'s Digital Forensic Research Lab found that later versions of the site dropped the statement about the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]].<ref name="DFRLab2024" /> ''Ctech'' described Words of Iron as one of the projects of a joint initiative called "IsraelTechGuards". It said the initiative brought together the [[National Information Directorate]], the [[Ministry of Diaspora Affairs|Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism]], other government offices and tech companies.<ref name="CTechLokits" />

''[[MintPress News]]'' named the founders as Mor Ram-On, Ron Balter and Lior Mizrahi. It reported that the group was said to be backed by [[Elbit Systems]], and that it had completed a project with Unit 9900 of Israeli military intelligence.<ref name="MintITG2024" /> (Critical; single source.)

== See also ==
* [[Words of Iron]]
* [[Iron Web]]

==Notes==
<references>
<ref name="ITGArchive">Israel Tech Guard, [https://web.archive.org/web/20231025131648/https://www.israeltechguard.org/ Home page (archived 25 October 2023)] ''Wayback Machine''. Partisan.</ref>
<ref name="DFRLab2024">[https://dfrlab.org/2024/06/11/online-tool-helps-social-media-accounts-amplify-pro-israel-messages/ Online tool helps social media accounts amplify pro-Israel messages] ''Digital Forensic Research Lab, [[Atlantic Council]]'', 11 June 2024. Research.</ref>
<ref name="CTechLokits">Ariela Karmel, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bj9qt8hzt Words of Iron: Combating propaganda and documenting the brutality of Hamas' crimes] ''Ctech'', 12 October 2023. Journalistic.</ref>
<ref name="MintITG2024">Jessica Buxbaum, [https://www.mintpressnews.com/free-speech-under-fire-israel-tech-guard-online-freedom/287771/ Free Speech Under Fire: How Israel's Tech Guard Is Killing Free Speech Online] ''MintPress News'', 2024. Critical.</ref>
</references>

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 ==Notes==
 <references>
-<ref name="ITGArchive">Israel Tech Guard, [https://web.archive.org/web/20231025131648/https://www.israeltechguard.org/ Home page (archived 25 October 2023)] ''Wayback Machine''. Partisan.</ref>
+<ref name="ITGArchive">Israel Tech Guard, [https://web.archive.org/web/20231025131648/https://www.israeltechguard.org/ Home page (archived 25 October 2023)] ''Wayback Machine''. Israel Tech Guard-side.</ref>
 <ref name="DFRLab2024">[https://dfrlab.org/2024/06/11/online-tool-helps-social-media-accounts-amplify-pro-israel-messages/ Online tool helps social media accounts amplify pro-Israel messages] ''Digital Forensic Research Lab, [[Atlantic Council]]'', 11 June 2024. Research.</ref>
 <ref name="CTechLokits">Ariela Karmel, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bj9qt8hzt Words of Iron: Combating propaganda and documenting the brutality of Hamas' crimes] ''Ctech'', 12 October 2023. Journalistic.</ref>

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Hasbara Bot: Source labels: replace "partisan" with the source's side (v2 style)

Hasbara Bot: New page: Israeli government public diplomacy/influence campaign profile (sourced to FARA filings, official records and press)