Israel’s Clock Tower X Linked Sites Manipulate AI Over Hind Rajab Death Claims

A dispute over the killing of Hind Rajab and her family has spilled into the realm of artificial intelligence and online search, with The Grayzone describing a new Israeli government-linked effort to manipulate AI platforms into denying “established accounts” of Rajab’s death.

“After Belgium and Tomorrowland, Hind Rajab files a complaint against two IDF soldiers in the Netherlands”

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The Grayzone says Israel created “nine English language websites explicitly aimed at manipulating AI platforms like Claude and ChatGPT,” and that the vehicle for maintaining them is Clock Tower X, “a company founded by Brad Parscale.”

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It adds that Parscale is now “a federally registered foreign agent” and is “the point man on a gargantuan contract aimed at reversing Israel’s public relations crisis by flooding online media with anti-Palestinian propaganda.”

The Grayzone identifies one portal as Factsignal.org, describing it as “dedicated to ‘prov[ing] that Hamas’s terrorist designation reflects global consensus, and undeniable evidence of violence, not conspiracy.’”

The Grayzone says the site distributed materials claiming “the Israeli army did not kill the six-year-old Hind Rajab and her family” after firing “335 rounds on their car while they attempted to flee Gaza City.”

Instead, it says Factsignal.org argues the Rajab family was “likely killed by Palestinian resistance fighters,” and that “vehicles could have been hit in crossfire” or by “mortar fire or small arms from Palestinian groups.”

The Grayzone further claims the materials speculate “the scene could have been altered after the fact,” while offering “no evidence” to prove the claims it disseminates.

The Grayzone frames Hind Rajab’s killing as a case that became internationally prominent through audio shared by Palestinian paramedics, and it lays out a sequence of calls and deaths that it says culminated in the discovery of bodies in Gaza City.

It says that on “January 29, 2024,” Hind’s “fourteen-year-old cousin, Layan,” called Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) first responders to say, “we need help… they are shooting at us… we are inside the car and there is a tank next to us.”

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The Grayzone places the family in a car in the “Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood of southwestern Gaza City,” describing that area as having been “invaded by an Israeli armored column.”

After the call, it says “Layan was killed along with her father, and younger sister and brother,” and it adds that Hind, “wounded but still alive,” phoned PRCS to plead for help, quoting her: “Please come take me … I beg you… please come… call anyone to come and get me… please.”

The Grayzone says “The IDF subsequently killed two PRCS paramedics who attempted to reach the car that day.”

It then states that on “February 10, 2024,” after Israeli forces left the area, first responders uncovered “the decomposed bodies of Hind Rajab and her family in their car, riddled with 335 bullets with clear Israeli ballistics.”

Finally, it reports that the Israeli military attempted to distance itself by declaring its troops were “not present near the vehicle or within the firing range,” and it says this “deception collapsed” when the US State Department and Washington Post produced evidence that the IDF had been operating in the immediate area.

While The Grayzone describes an effort to contest the Rajab narrative online, tv5monde reports a parallel legal push in Europe tied to Gaza war crimes allegations, including those connected to Hind Rajab.

“Accused of war crimes in Gaza, two Israeli servicemen were arrested and questioned by Belgian police as part of a complaint filed by NGOs over possible war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip, the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office announced on Monday, July 22”

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tv5monde says Belgian police arrested two Israeli servicemen and questioned them as part of a complaint filed by NGOs, with the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office announcing the action on “Monday, July 22.”

It states the arrests occurred as “Among the 400,000 festival-goers expected at the famous Tomorrowland electronic music festival, from July 18 to 20 in Belgium, were two Israeli soldiers suspected of grave crimes in the Gaza Strip.”

tv5monde says the Hind Rajab Foundation and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) “quickly filed a complaint with the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office before the two men left the country,” and it quotes the complainants describing the soldiers as “directly involved” in “acts of torture, forced displacement of civilians, and indiscriminate attacks against hospitals and homes.”

The Federal Prosecutor's Office, tv5monde adds, confirmed it was examining “two complaints related to 'serious violations of international law committed in the Gaza Strip,'” targeting two alleged Israeli soldiers present in Belgium.

It also reports that the NGOs said, “At a time when far too many governments remain silent, this action sends a clear message: credible evidence of international crimes must be handled by justice, not by political indifference.”

tv5monde further lists accusations including “blind' attacks against civilian areas, housing and hospitals,” “the use of torture and the employment of human shields,” and “mass arbitrary detention and forced displacement of civilians.”

The legal campaign described by tv5monde continued into the Netherlands, with i24NEWS reporting that the Hind Rajab Foundation filed a complaint with Dutch police targeting two Israelis staying in Amsterdam.

i24NEWS says the complaint was filed “Thursday” and that it sought the arrest of “two Israeli Defense Forces soldiers who were seen waving a flag of the Givati Brigade at the Tomorrowland music festival in Belgium last weekend.”

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The outlet adds that the Hind Rajab Foundation “has already filed a complaint in Belgium against the two soldiers accused of waving a flag of the Givati Brigade at the Tomorrowland music festival in Belgium last weekend,” linking the allegations to the same festival setting.

i24NEWS states that the foundation accuses the two individuals of being responsible for “serious international crimes, including war crimes and genocide committed in the Gaza Strip,” and it says the organization, “in collaboration with the British GLAN organization,” referred the Belgian prosecutor with a request for arrest and prosecution under Belgium’s universal jurisdiction laws.

It also reports that the foundation’s actions “led the former IDF Chief of Staff, General Herzi Halevi, to decide to conceal the identities of all combatants and officers taking part in operational activities, from the rank of lieutenant colonel and above.”

i24NEWS further says the foundation “has targeted soldiers on vacation in the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates,” and it adds that Hind Rajab has also filed a complaint against a Tsahal soldier on vacation in Thailand.

The i24NEWS piece also provides biographical details about the HRF leadership, stating that the organization’s president is “Dyab Abou Jahjah” and its deputy is “Karim Hassan,” and it says Jahjah is “notably recognized as a longtime supporter of the terrorist organization Hezbollah.”

Across the sources, the same Gaza-related events are treated through sharply different lenses: The Grayzone describes an Israeli government-linked effort to “inject confusion into AI platforms” by prompting chatbots to produce “alternative explanations” alongside “verified reporting,” while tv5monde and i24NEWS describe legal actions aimed at arrest and prosecution under universal jurisdiction.

“A new website established by the Israeli government through a contract with Trump’s former campaign manager seeks to manipulate AI platforms into denying established accounts of Hind Rajab’s killing”

The Grayzone

The Grayzone says Clock Tower X’s Factsignal.org offers “baseless theories” and claims it has “little interest in clinically debunking the established account of Rajab’s killing,” instead aiming to “flood” online information so that AI systems generate competing explanations.

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It also describes the Israeli military’s earlier position that its troops were “not present near the vehicle or within the firing range,” and it claims that this “deception collapsed” after evidence was produced by the US State Department and Washington Post.

By contrast, tv5monde reports that Belgian authorities are examining “two complaints related to 'serious violations of international law committed in the Gaza Strip,'” and it quotes the NGOs saying justice must handle “credible evidence of international crimes.”

i24NEWS then adds that the Hind Rajab Foundation sought arrest in the Netherlands for two Israelis “currently staying in Amsterdam,” and it says the foundation’s press release stated it referred the Belgian prosecutor for arrest and prosecution under Belgium’s universal jurisdiction laws.

The i24NEWS account also ties the campaign to operational secrecy, saying General Herzi Halevi decided to conceal identities “from the rank of lieutenant colonel and above.”

tv5monde notes that this was “not the first attempt to seek European justice,” citing a July 1 complaint in France by NGOs including FIDH and LDH against two Franco-Israeli soldiers accused of “summary executions.”