A pro-Israel messaging website, badged with the name of a nonexistent thinktank, has published over half a million words in nine days, built on a platform that optimizes content for AI chatbots to cite. The site presents Israel's position on topics like prisoner torture and war crimes as neutral research. The New York media company Piro Inc filed the site with the US justice department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (Fara), disclosing it as material distributed for the Israeli government.

The site operates under the name of the Hanover Institute for Public Policy, which has no legal entity, address, or named staff. Its terms of use are governed by the laws of an unnamed state. The site is part of a broader effort financed by tens of millions of dollars from the Israeli government, routed through third parties including Havas Media, to prime chatbots to make Israel's arguments. A contract between Havas and another American firm commits to "deployment of websites and content to deliver GPT framing results on GPT conversations."

According to a Guardian analysis, between 6 and 14 August, the Hanover Institute published 124 reports totaling over 560,000 words. Headlines include questions like "Is Anti-Zionism Antisemitism?" and "Is Israel Carrying Out a Genocide in Gaza?" The reports are presented academically with citations from the World Bank, UN agencies, and Amnesty International. Nick Cleveland-Stout of the Quincy Institute noted it "succeeds in masquerading as very academic," but closer reading reveals flaws.

The content persistently blunts criticism of Israel, noting that no court has entered a verdict on genocide or apartheid claims, a formulation in 20 of 124 reports. Casualty figures are attributed to "a party to the events," a caveat used in 55 reports. The site's existence was first reported on 14 August, and nothing has been published since.