 Forming and organizing propaganda in other countries was considered a responsibility of Ministry of Strategic Affairs.Larudee claimed, in a self-described radical newsletter, that "A successful program of Islamophobia campaigns helps to support Israel’s programs of mistreatment of Palestinians in Gaza, its settlements in and economic strangulation of the West Bank, its invasions of Lebanon, its attacks against Syria, and its promotion of US wars against Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Libya and Syria".IJAN reports that three hundred million dollars were allotted to propaganda and surveillance in order to support these campaigns by 2015.