A Foreign Government Is Targeting American Citizens on American Soil
An Israel-operated surveillance operation called Canary Mission is compiling dossiers on American citizens for exercising their First Amendment rights. Your government knows about it. Your government uses the data. And nobody has done a thing to stop it.
This is not a conspiracy theory. This is documented in unsealed federal court records, published by Politico, investigated by Drop Site News, and the subject of a formal DOJ investigation request by 70 American organizations.
The Questions Every American Deserves Answers To
How is a foreign government allowed to compile dossiers on American citizens?
Canary Mission operates from Israel, run by an Israeli team, funded through Israeli nonprofits — and targets Americans for exercising their First Amendment rights. There is no law enforcement action. There is no injunction. There is nothing stopping them.
Why is DHS using unverified foreign surveillance data to deport Americans?
Unsealed federal court records prove a DHS 'tiger team' used Canary Mission data to identify 75% of deportation targets. The U.S. government is outsourcing its surveillance of Americans to a foreign operation that doesn't even verify its own data.
Why hasn't the DOJ enforced FARA?
Under 22 U.S.C. § 611, Canary Mission meets every threshold for foreign agent registration. They operate from Israel. They're funded from Israel. They target Americans to benefit Israeli political objectives. 70 organizations formally asked the DOJ to investigate. Silence.
Is the U.S. government complicit?
When DHS actively uses data from an unregistered foreign agent to arrest American citizens, and the DOJ refuses to investigate that foreign agent — you have to ask: is this negligence, or is this by design?
Why Is This Legal?
It's not. They just haven't been caught — or nobody wants to catch them.
Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), any person or entity acting on behalf of a foreign government to influence American public opinion or policy must register with the Department of Justice. Failure to register is a federal crime under 22 U.S.C. § 618.
Canary Mission is operated from Israel. It is funded through Israeli nonprofits. It is built by an Israeli tech company. Its internal timestamps are in Israeli time zones. And its entire purpose is to silence Americans who criticize Israeli government policy.
That is the textbook definition of a foreign agent under FARA. And yet they have never registered. Not once. Not ever.
The Law Is Clear
22 U.S.C. § 611(c) — Agency can be established through conduct, funding, direction, or alignment with foreign political objectives. No formal agreement required.
22 U.S.C. § 611(o) — Political activity includes efforts to influence public opinion or policy. That is literally all Canary Mission does.
22 U.S.C. § 618 — Willful failure to register is a federal crime punishable by up to 5 years in prison and $250,000 in fines.
Where Is Government Oversight?
The Department of Homeland Security
Instead of protecting Americans from foreign surveillance, DHS actively uses Canary Mission's data. A DHS "tiger team" sourced 75% of its deportation targets from an anonymous, unverified, foreign-operated website. They didn't question the source. They didn't verify the data. They just arrested Americans.
The Department of Justice
The DOJ's FARA Unit exists specifically to identify and regulate foreign agents operating in the United States. 70 American organizations — civil rights groups, faith communities, academic institutions, legal organizations — formally requested an investigation on February 2, 2026. As of this writing, there has been no public response.
The United States Congress
Not a single congressional hearing. Not a single subpoena. Not a single public statement from any member of Congress demanding answers about why a foreign government is running a surveillance operation against American citizens and the U.S. government is using the data to arrest them. Complete silence.
So We're Doing It Ourselves
That's why AFNPT exists. Because when the government won't protect Americans, Americans have to protect themselves. Every document on this site is sourced from official government records. Every analysis is grounded in law. Every question we ask is one that your elected officials should have asked years ago.
What This Means For Every American
This is not just about Palestine. This is about your rights.
If a foreign government can build a database of Americans who disagree with its policies, share that database with U.S. law enforcement, and get those Americans arrested, fired, expelled, and deported — with zero legal consequences — then no American's speech is safe.
Today it's Americans who criticize Israel. Tomorrow it could be Americans who criticize any foreign government. The precedent being set right now is that foreign governments can silence American citizens and the U.S. government will help them do it.
The First Amendment exists to protect exactly this kind of speech — political speech that powerful interests want silenced. If we allow a foreign surveillance operation to override the Constitution, we don't have a Constitution.
What Is Canary Mission?
Canary Mission is a foreign-operated political hit list that systematically targets American citizens — students, professors, activists, professionals — for exercising their constitutionally protected right to political speech.
It publishes detailed dossiers on Americans including their workplaces, photos, family members, and personal information. It then pressures American employers, American universities, and the American government to take punitive action against its own citizens — at the direction of a foreign operation.
Per a damning investigation by Drop Site News (January 6, 2026), Canary Mission operates through a covert network of unlisted internal websites — including one known as "BlackNest" — where it internally tracks its activities, documents strategic planning, and explicitly celebrates when Americans lose their jobs, get deported, or are denied entry to their own country.
The operation is run from Israel. The timestamps are Israeli. The team is Israeli. The funding comes through Israeli nonprofits. And the only people who suffer are Americans.
The DHS Deportation Pipeline
Unsealed court records from a 2025 federal trial revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) relied extensively on Canary Mission's database when compiling dossiers on pro-Palestinian foreign students and academics for deportation and visa revocation efforts.
Testimony confirmed that a DHS "tiger team" used data sourced from Canary Mission to identify more than 75% of the names targeted for enforcement actions, despite the site's anonymous nature and lack of verification.
Mahmoud Khalil
American student at Columbia University. Profiled by Canary Mission — a foreign-operated doxxing operation — for exercising his constitutionally protected right to political speech. Arrested and detained by ICE using data compiled by an unregistered foreign agent operating from Israeli soil. His case demonstrates the direct pipeline from a foreign surveillance operation to U.S. government enforcement action against an American citizen.
BlackNest: The Secret Operations Site
BlackNest is an unlisted website accessed through the backend of Canary Mission's website — it was never intended to be found publicly. Drop Site News discovered it and exposed its contents on January 6, 2026.
BlackNest is one of several unlisted websites and content management systems used by Canary Mission, whose doxxing operation is run out of Israel and used by the highest levels of the Trump administration.
The site categorizes Canary Mission's impacts and reveals their operational structure, personnel achievements, branding directives, and strategic expansion plans.
How They Measure "Impact"
Change of Behavior
Stalking critics of Israel to verify their pressure campaign has silenced them
Job Loss
Pressuring employers to fire individuals profiled on Canary Mission
Denials of Entry
Providing data used to deny entry to the United States
Arrests & Deportation
DHS 'tiger team' used Canary Mission data for 75% of deportation targets
Forced to Flee
Individuals forced to leave the country due to targeting
Their Own Words — From the 21-Page Strategic Plan
"Fight those who hate the Jewish people"
"Anonymity as a tool to scare the enemy"
"Attack the messenger, not the message"
"Providing real consequence for antisemitism and anti-Israel activism"
"Data driven expertise in North American anti-Semitism"
"Impact driven. We change the behavior of the enemy"
"Bottom up approach — using individuals to take down orgs"
"We are the adult in the room"
Source: 21-page strategic planning document found on BlackNest before deletion — Drop Site News (Jan 6, 2026)
The Doxxers — 30+ Anonymous Operatives
Over 30 unique doxxers appear to have created fake Facebook and other social media accounts to track and screenshot information about profiled pro-Palestine activists and students. The Facebook accounts are friends with each other, and the fake identities are all presented as Americans of varying ethnic backgrounds.
Lauded on BlackNest Team Overview for identifying an activist from a viral video
Lauded for "completing the Stanford arrest profiles" — students added after 2024 campus protests
The 7 Core Targets (2021-2024)
Canary Mission's strategic plan explicitly names these organizations as core targets for dismantlement. Their strategy: target individuals within these organizations to destroy the organizations themselves — "bottom up approach — using individuals to take down orgs."
American Muslims for Palestine
National grassroots organization advocating for Palestinian rights
Students for Justice in Palestine
Student-led movement on 200+ campuses advocating for Palestinian human rights
Israeli Apartheid Network (INN)
Coalition documenting Israeli apartheid policies
Jewish Voice for Peace
Jewish-American organization opposing Israeli occupation
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Largest Muslim civil rights organization in the United States
Within Our Lifetime
Palestinian-led community organization in New York City
Faculty for Justice in Palestine
Academic organization of professors supporting Palestinian rights
The Network — Who Runs Canary Mission
Canary Mission
DOJ Investigation RequestedDoxxing OperationOperated from Israel
The public-facing doxxing platform. Compiles dossiers on Americans, distributes to employers/universities/government. NOT FARA-registered. 70 organizations have requested DOJ investigation.
View Full Entity Profile →BlackNest
Exposed by Drop Site NewsInternal Operations SiteUnlisted — accessed via Canary Mission backend
Secret internal website for operational planning, team management, impact tracking, and strategic expansion. Contains 21-page strategic plan, team achievements, branding directives.
Megamot Shalom
Under ScrutinyIsraeli Nonprofit (Amuta)Israel
Israeli nonprofit reported to operate Canary Mission for years. Receives ~$1M/yr via US pass-through nonprofit. Alex Ben Carson listed in business filings at ~$80K compensation.
View Full Entity Profile →Shefing
Under ScrutinySoftware CompanyWeWork, Jerusalem, Israel
Boutique software company owned by Philippe Cohen (French-Israeli). Built code for Canary Mission platform AND Museum of Online Antisemitism. GitHub repos link both platforms. Provides facial recognition, CMS for 30+ doxxers, and BlackNest infrastructure.
View Full Entity Profile →Follow the Money — Every Dollar We Can Trace
Canary Mission is deliberately structured to hide its funding. It is not a registered US nonprofit. Its donors are anonymous. Money flows through multiple pass-through entities across at least 3 countries (US, Israel, Estonia) before reaching the operation. But investigative journalists and public 990 tax filings have exposed the following verified donations:
Verified Donors — From Public 990 Tax Filings
Helen Diller Family Foundation (via JCFSF)
Purpose: Grant labeled 'Canary Mission for Megamot Shalom'
Note: JCFSF later ceased funding
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
Purpose: Operational support for Canary Mission
Note: JCFLA suspended grants after exposure
Michael & Andrea Leven Family Foundation
Purpose: Listed as 'JVP Campaign Work Megamot Shalom' — targeted Jewish Voice for Peace
Note: Leven confirmed donation in interview, later stopped
Natan & Lidia Peisach Family Foundation
Purpose: General support
Note: Treasurer Jaime Peisach married to UPenn trustee Cheryl Peisach
Ann & Robert Fromer Charitable Foundation
Purpose: Routed through CFI
Note: Robert Fromer is board member of WINEP
Adam Milstein (alleged)
Purpose: Major funding source per Al Jazeera undercover investigation
Note: alleged by undercover footage
Michael Leven (resumed)
Purpose: Leven told NYT he resumed funding
The Money Pipeline — How It Moves
This is how American tax-deductible donations end up funding a foreign surveillance operation targeting American citizens.
Tax-deductible pass-through for donations to Israeli organizations. Address shared with J.Mark Interiors — owner Jeffrey Mark is socially connected to Kim Bash, wife of Canary Mission head Jonathan Bash.
Israeli nonprofit that operates Canary Mission. Headed by Jonathan Bash (British-Israeli). Israeli disclosure forms show vast majority of funding comes from abroad. Known US donations ($520K+) represent only ~13% of total 2016-2018 funding — remaining 87% unknown.
Software development — built Canary Mission platform, BlackNest internal site, Museum of Online Antisemitism. GitHub repos link all three. Facial recognition + CMS for 30+ doxxers.
Donation receipts issued by 'RTech for Canary' with Estonian address. RTech registered in Põhja district, Tallinn. Sold in 2014 to Hungarian national Maxim Nikolaev — one year before Canary Mission launched. Obscures final destination of funds.
US-registered 501(c)(3) — 'Canary Fund' on ProPublica. $1.85M total assets. Relationship to Canary Mission unclear but shares name.
Key People
Jonathan Bash
Director — Megamot Shalom / Head of Canary Mission
British-Israeli. Heads Megamot Shalom, the Israeli nonprofit that operates Canary Mission. Previously worked with Aish HaTorah. Wife Kim Bash runs real estate firm in Israel — socially connected to Jeffrey Mark, whose Long Island store shares address with Central Fund of Israel.
Philippe Cohen
Owner — Shefing
French-Israeli software developer. Built Canary Mission platform, BlackNest internal site, and Museum of Online Antisemitism. Based in WeWork, Jerusalem. GitHub repos link all three platforms.
Alex Ben Carson
Content Writer — Megamot Shalom
UK-born, moved to Israel 2008. Listed in Megamot Shalom business filings. ~$80K compensation (2022). Appears in both Megamot filings and Canary Mission backend.
Michael Leven
Donor — $50,000 (2018), resumed 2025
Hospitality exec, former COO of Las Vegas Sands (Sheldon Adelson). Boards: Birthright Israel, AEPi, Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. Advisory council of Turning Point USA. Confirmed $50K donation via Leven Foundation 990. Told NYT he resumed funding in 2025.
Natan & Lidia Peisach Foundation
Donor — $100,000 (2023)
South Florida foundation. Treasurer Jaime Peisach married to UPenn trustee Cheryl Peisach. Also donates to Birthright Israel, Republican Jewish Coalition, and UPenn ($200K+ to Penn). Per Intercept, 2023 990 filing.
Robert Fromer
Donor — $20,000 (2023) via Ann & Robert Fromer Foundation
Corporate lawyer. Board member of Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). Donation routed through Central Fund of Israel. Also funds AIPAC's United Democracy Project Super PAC. Per Jewish Currents, 2023 990 filing.
Helen Diller Family Foundation (JCFSF)
Donor — $100,000 (2016)
Controlled by Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco. Grant labeled 'Canary Mission for Megamot Shalom.' Ceased funding after Forward exposed the connection in 2018.
Jewish Community Foundation of LA
Donor — $250,000 (2016–2017)
Largest known single donor. Series of grants to Megamot Shalom from anonymous contributor. JCFLA suspended grants after Forward reporting. Per Forward, 2018.
Mahmoud Khalil
American Citizen — Columbia University
American student profiled by a foreign-operated doxxing operation for exercising constitutionally protected speech. Arrested and detained by ICE using data from an unregistered foreign agent.
30+ Anonymous Doxxers
BlackNest Operatives
Operating from Israel using fake social media accounts. Presented as Americans of varying ethnic backgrounds. Track and screenshot activists.
Timeline
The DOJ FARA Investigation Request
On February 2, 2026, a coalition of 70 organizations — Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Unitarian, civil rights, academic, legal, peace, and human rights groups — submitted a formal request to the Department of Justice, National Security Division, FARA Unit.
The letter requests that the DOJ:
Legal Basis
22 U.S.C. § 611(c) — An agent does not need a formal agreement with a foreign government. Agency may be established through conduct, funding, direction, or alignment with foreign political objectives.
22 U.S.C. § 611(o) — Political activity includes efforts to influence public opinion or policy concerning domestic or foreign affairs.
22 U.S.C. § 618 — Willful failure to register as a foreign agent is a federal crime.
The 70 Signing Organizations
Election Interference
BlackNest's team update section included a branding directive instructing operatives to add a tagline to all posts about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani:
"A vote for Mamdani is a vote for chaos in New York City"
This is a foreign-operated organization directing its Israeli-based operatives to interfere in an American municipal election. The directive was issued through BlackNest's internal content management system.
Sources
Educational Purpose Disclaimer
This investigation is presented for educational and informational purposes only under the protections of the First Amendment. All information is sourced from published investigative journalism (Drop Site News, Politico, Jewish Currents), unsealed federal court records, and the formal DOJ FARA investigation request letter.
Canary Mission, Megamot Shalom, Shefing, and all individuals discussed have not been found guilty of any violations unless specifically noted. The analysis represents AFNPT's interpretation of publicly available records for educational purposes.