"Documents obtained by Drop Site News under the Florida Sunshine Law outline SLIC’s aims: to set up a system to distribute pro-Israel “model legislation” to state lawmakers around the country. When reached by phone, Gottlieb insisted that the organization was entirely his own initiative, though he acknowledged that the Israeli government funded the launch event."

Yup that's exactly what the cordyceps does to the ant: it makes sure the ant behaves the way the cordyceps wants.

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-backed-nonprofit-lawmakers-draft-legislation