Weber Shandwick Lands Israel's Finance Ministry
Thu, Jan. 15, 2026
By Kevin McCauley
Israel’s Ministry of Finance has retained Weber Shandwick to provide institutional investor relations support services connected to the issuance of international debt offerings.

GOP-connected DCI Group promotes Nigeria's effort to protect its Christian communities under a one-year contract worth $9M. (Updated)
Republican advisory firm Nestpoint Associates is providing “continuous strategic guidance on US policy developments” to Burundi.
Republican advisory firm Nestpoint Associates is working to secure US diplomatic recognition for Somaliland, which declared independence from Somalia in 1991.
GlobalPoint International signs on to build and strengthen the relationship that Israel Aerospace Industries and its Missouri-based unit Stark Aerospace have with the Trump-Vance Administration, Congress and across the US government.
GrayRobinson has signed a $35K per month contract to provide government affairs services to the Embassy of Bahrain.
Development Counsellors International has landed the Tourism Authority of Thailand as a tourism and business event destination account.
Former Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Graves is representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, positioning the country as a reliable partner with the US.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
Imperium Strategies has signed the Government of Turkey as a client for government relations services.
BGR Government Affairs is providing strategic counsel to Lebanese-Saudi billionaire Bahaa Hariri, the son of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri who was assassinated 20 years ago.
APCO is working to promote the candidacy of the Republic of the Congo’s Firmin Edouard Matoko for director-general of UNESCO following the withdrawal of Mexico’s Gabriela Ilian Ramos from the race.
Edelman has landed the United Arab Emirates-based Mohamed Bin Zayed Water Initiative Foundation to its roster.
SKDK, which is the advocacy arm of Stagwell, is in the process of "de-registering” with the Justice Dept. its work on behalf of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Updated)
Mark Penn’s Stagwell has registered its one-year contract on behalf of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Justice Dept. It shows $600K in fees.



















