A crucial new “About this account” feature on X just exposed dozens of anti-Israel “MAGA” accounts as originating outside the United States.

Starting Friday, Elon Musk’s social media company has been slowly rolling out the feature that lets users see where other accounts are based. 

That several influential anti-Israel accounts aren’t what they seem upends the idea that President Trump’s supporters are turning against Israel, or even embracing antisemitism. 

Concern about right-wing antisemitism has been growing ever since podcaster Tucker Carlson began attacking Israel last year, and devoting his platform to interviews with right-wing radicals and even a Holocaust revisionist. 

Poll numbers have continued to show that Trump supporters, like conservatives generally, back a strong US-Israel relationship, and approve of Trump’s attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, as well as his diplomatic success in freeing Israeli hostages.

But a rise in anti-Israel and antisemitic content on conservative podcasts and social media has added to existing concerns about growing antisemitism on the left.

While the phenomenon of antisemitism is real, on both extremes of the political spectrum, it now appears that some of the far-right variety may simply have been fake, or based abroad.

One anti-Israel account, “@1776General_”, which describes itself as “Constitutionalist” and links to an “Ethnic American” website, appears to be based in Turkey, according to the new X feature.

Some accounts belonging to so-called “Groypers” — that is, followers of white supremacist Nick Fuentes — appear to be based abroad as well, including in African and Asian countries.

Other accounts purporting to represent Americans opposed to Israel are also based overseas.

One such account, “@CounterAIPAC,” describes itself as “a grassroots movement advocating for balanced U.S. policies in the Middle East & the world.” (Its handle refers to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, a pro-Israel group.) 

It turns out to be based in Egypt. 

Once exposed, the owner of the account claimed to be an American citizen born in Egypt, adding: “My location has nothing to do with my anti-zionist and anti-supremacy position.”

An account purporting to represent anti-Israel Jews in New York, “@TorahJudaism,” is shown as being from the Philippines.

Far-right extremist Jackson Hinkle — who attended the funeral of terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon last year — complained that some pro-Israel accounts had been exposed as foreign as well.

But his own account is based in the West African nation of Burkina Faso.

Several accounts that purport to be reporting from Gaza, or “Palestine,” turn out to be from far away.

The “Times of Gaza,” with the handle “@Timesofgaza,” has nearly 1 million followers. It claims to provide the “Latest news updates and top stories from occupied Palestine,” but the account is based in “East Asia & Pacific,” according to the new X feature. 

Pro-Israel pundits are outraged.

“Literally every single commentary account that spreads nonstop lies is foreign,” wrote commentator Eyal Yakoby (who is based in the United States); Eitan Fischberger notes that many of the accounts “have been subverting the US by flooding X with anti-American, anti-Israel, demoralizing, or Marxist content aimed specifically at Americans.”

“The amount of south Asian dudes masquerading as MAGA chicks is astounding,” added pro-Israel conservative Marina Medvin.

Pro-Israel billionaire Bill Ackman noted that some accounts purporting to be journalists based in Gaza had been quoted recently by mainstream media sources, including the New York Times and the BBC, posting: “They should immediately launch an investigation of which articles relied on fake journalists and issue corrections.”

Some said the revelations amounted to a massive foreign influence operation, aimed at driving up anti-Israel sentiment in the United States — and at splitting the MAGA movement to weaken Trump.

US-based Arab commentator Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib wrote on X: “It’s been truly revealing to see some of the most incendiary, divisive, hateful, and inflammatory accounts on X/Twitter being revealed as fronts for PsyOps & misinformation by fakesters in Qatar, Turkey, Yemen, Pakistan and elsewhere – after the rollout of the new ‘based in/location’ feature. 

“This is especially true of Muslim Brotherhood-adjacent accounts or pro-Hamas, pro-‘resistance’ voices who have been spreading so much venom, threats & vile content online at the behest of their masters.”

Liberal dissident Dave Rubin noted: “This is an absolutely massive story of foreign ops shaping our political and cultural discourse.

“Will mainstream media even cover it? Will the set of influencers who fell for it look in the mirror?”

That remains to be seen.

Joel Pollak is the California Post’s opinion editor. The California Post, a sister publication to the New York Post, will be launching early in 2026.