AJC condemns antisemitic AI image depicting Israeli reporter as puppet master

The American Jewish Committee condemns an artificial intelligence image depicting Israeli reporter Barak Ravid as a puppet master, as the Axios and Channel 12 journalist’s reporting on the Iran war has come under antisemitic attack.

Accusing the well-sourced Ravid of trying to manipulate markets with his coverage, one X user posted an AI image portraying Ravid as a puppet master — an age-old antisemitic trope.

“The sheer volume of antisemitic lies packed into this one AI-generated fake TIME cover is astonishing. A Jewish journalist as puppet master. Controlling markets. Manipulating governments. In it for the money. A secret Mossad agent pulling strings from the shadows,” AJC says in a statement.

“These are centuries-old antisemitic smears. They didn’t disappear. They just got an AI upgrade,” it continues. “This is bigotry, and it has a target: Barak Ravid a Jewish journalist doing his job.”

It was just a matter of time until the Antisemites come out of their filthy holes and join the campaign of lies against me. The classic tropes: Mossad, controlling the world, trying to make money. Decent people here should come out publicly against this kind of hate pic.twitter.com/etVo8aNvEI

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) May 8, 2026