Misinformation

‘Weaponized empathy’: Hamas exploits Western ignorance of war, military expert says - opinion

Challenging the global narrative on Israel and Gaza with firsthand experience and analysis.

There have been incidents where the conduct of some soldiers has strayed outside the laws of armed conflict, but the IDF says it is investigating many hundreds of allegations against its troops.
The war in Gaza has underscored a painful truth: Israel excels on the battlefield but falters in the battle for hearts and minds. An Israeli soldier sits on top of a tank at a position in the South, near the Israel-Gaza border fence, on October 30, 2025.

The fight for Israel's legitimacy now runs through algorithms

The Israeli government fails to issue timely responses to anti-Israel accusations, such as the explosion at the Al-Ahli Hospital (pictured) in October 2023, which was later found to have been caused by a misfired Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket.

Israel's PR war is being lost by amateurs - opinion

A Pew poll found that 21% percent adults in the US get their news from influencers.

Trending today, forgotten tomorrow: The limits of Israel's influencer campaigns - analysis


Inside Israel’s information war: Can influencers shift global opinion? - from the editor

As Israel fights for hearts and minds online, influencers take center stage. But are likes and followers enough to shift the narrative?

Jewish influencers are using their platforms to speak up for Israel.

To win the next war, Israel must master the media battlefield - opinion

If Israel is to be ready for the next confrontation, it must treat information warfare as seriously as kinetic warfare.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to international media on the Gaza war, in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025

The first AI war in history: How Iran spread misinformation

The first comprehensive study of its kind reveals how the Israel-Iran War became an unprecedented laboratory for spreading disinformation and false content, much of it generated or processed using AI

 Following Israel’s military operation against Iran on June 13, the Tel Aviv-based Cyabra found a pattern of disinformation bots that went dark, only to re-emerge with anti-Israel and anti-Western messages

Charlie Kirk killing: Rumors, misinformation rampant on social media

Misleading posts, fake headlines, and AI chatbot blunders spread online after Charlie Kirk’s killing, fueling confusion about the Utah campus shooting.

A man shows an image of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on his smartphone, as people gather to mourn U.S. right-wing activist, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, who was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University, outside the U.S. embassy in Madrid, Spain, September 11, 2025.

Gazan child featured on Daily Mirror suffers from disease, not malnutrition, Israel reveals

According to COGAT, Mu'amar is suffering from a genetic illness called Fanconi syndrome, which could lead to muscle and urinary tract weakness.

The Daily Mirror's front page showing Gazan child Karim Ali Fouad Abu Mu’amar

Not cool: What a viral fridge video can teach us about misinformation

In a world where everyone has a camera and an agenda, your worst moving day can become someone else’s political victory.

AMIT RAMOT and her fridge are derided in these screenshots from TikTok and Instagram.

'We were not aware Gazan woman had leukemia,' says BBC after claiming she died of malnutrition

In a statement on Monday, a BBC spokesperson acknowledged that the broadcaster was "not initially aware that Marah Abu Zuhri was being treated for leukemia."

 BBC New Broadcasting House in London.

The great deceivers: How Hamas lies, and what Israel should do - opinion

Hamas does lie, but what do these lies teach us about the method or message of the liars? There are at least four lessons.

AL JAZEERA journalist Anas Al-Sharif, killed in an Israeli strike last week, reports in Gaza City in 2024.

The misleading photo in The New York Times is just the tip of the iceberg - opinion

It's okay to report a humanitarian crisis, but as a part of the whole story, with balanced information about all the relevant actors. 

Palestinians climb onto trucks carrying aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip July 29, 2025.

NYT quietly alters Gaza starvation story to include key details of child's medical condition

“We have since learned new information, including from the hospital that treated" Gazan child Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, the New York Times wrote.

Child Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, who suffers from cerebral palsy, alongside mother and brother.

The pre-framing bias of the ‘locked narrative’ - opinion

Locking the narrative is useful in political communication, framing events or policies in a way that favors a particular viewpoint.

 Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021