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Who Controls Israel's Weather? | Knesset Debate Heats Up Over Climate-engineering ...

haaretz.com

Chemtrail conspiracy theory reached Israel's Knesset, with MKs and civilians debating whether someone is secretly engineering the country's weather.

Conspiracy TheoryInstitutional LegitimacySocial ContagionProportionality Bias

Theory Briefing

  • MKs and civilians brought the globally debunked "chemtrails" theory to an official Knesset committee hearing on climate engineering.
  • The Interior Affairs Committee became the formal stage for claims that aircraft contrails are tools of deliberate weather manipulation.
  • The debate shows how a fringe theory can gain institutional legitimacy simply by being aired in a government forum.
  • Proponents framed the issue as a question of national sovereignty — who, if anyone, controls Israel's skies and weather.