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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Posts Saying Your Favorite Celeb Publicly Claimed ‘Pro-Israel American Billionaires’ Are Working To Undermine Their Career Are NOT Real — Spam From Vietnam
Are social media posts claiming that a long list of celebrities have each said "powerful pro-Israel American billionaires" are working to undermine their careers real? No, that's not true: None of the celebrities named in the posts made a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Donald Trump Truth Social Post Claims Israel Is ‘A Far More Important Ally Than The American People’
Did President Donald Trump say Israel is "a far more important ally than the American people"? No, that is not true: The supposed post does not appear on the president's official Truth Social account, and there are no reliable reports tha
Full Fact→ Old footage from China shared with false claims it shows attack on Israeli power plant
A video shared with claims it shows an Iranian attack on a power plant in Haifa actually dates back to a 2015 chemical fire emergency response drill in China.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israeli Channel 13, Al Jazeera Did NOT Confirm Hezbollah Captured All Or Part Of Kiryat Shmona
Did Israeli Channel 13 and Al Jazeera confirm that Hezbollah partially or wholly captured Kiryat Shmona? No, that's not true: There's no reliable evidence to support that claim. Neither news organization reported that Hezbollah fighters h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Lufthansa Did NOT Offer Free Business Class Tickets To People In Israel To Apologize For Holocaust
Did Lufthansa offer free business class upgrades to people in Israel to apologize for the Holocaust? No, that's not true: The company publicly denied it. Two online AI detectors said the image purportedly providing the proof was likely to
PolitiFact→ Social Media – This video doesn't show Israelis fleeing to Cyprus; it's from the Philippines
Video shows Israelis fleeing to Cyprus.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does Not Show Israelis Storming Ship To Flee To Cyprus — It’s From Philippines
Does a video show Israelis storming a ship to flee the war and go to Cyprus? No, that's not true: The scene is from the Philippines and shows people boarding a ferry service. The video has been online since at least March 8, 2026, and sho
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Purportedly Showing Iranian Missiles Striking Israel At Night Is AI Generated
Does a real video show Iranian missiles striking the middle of an Israeli city at night? No, that's not true: This video is AI generated. Glitches typical of AI-generated content are visible in the video. In the foreground at the start of
Full Fact→ The Maldives cut diplomatic relations with Israel in 1974, not recently
Social media posts with ‘breaking news’ banners incorrectly suggest the Maldives has recently “cut all ties with Israel” and banned Israeli products.
Full Fact→ Video shows US warehouse explosion not delayed missile detonation in Israel
A video circulating online with false claims it depicts an Iranian missile exploding in Tel Aviv is actually old footage of a 2016 warehouse fire in California.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Angry People At Ben Gurion Airport Throwing Things At Staff Behind Counter, Demanding Tickets To Leave Israel
Does a video show angry people at Ben Gurion Airport throwing things at staff behind the counter in March 2026, demanding tickets to leave Israel? No, that's not true: The video shows a group of Israeli youth throwing objects at Arab empl
PolitiFact→ X posts – Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir isn’t dead, the claim is a social media hoax
"BREAKING: So the Israeli media reports Itamar Ben‑Gvir died in a 'car crash,' while in fact he’s been obliterated by an Iranian missile strike on his home."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Purporting To Show Iddo Netanyahu’s House Fire PREDATES The 2026 U.S.-Israel Attack On Iran
Does a viral clip show the house fire that killed Iddo Netanyahu, brother of the Israeli prime minister? No, that's not true: That footage was uploaded online weeks before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, 2026. The clip revie
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Real Israeli Pilot Named ‘Halach Boome’ Who Took Out Ayatollah Khamenei
Does a photo show "Halach Boome," a real pilot from the Israeli Air Force who took out Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the image as 100% likely to be AI-generated, and it c
Full Fact→ Video showing plane evacuation was filmed in Denver, not Israel
A video shared with captions claiming a plane was targeted at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport was actually filmed in Denver last year.
PolitiFact→ X posts – There’s no evidence the Austin, Texas, mass shooting suspect is ‘Israeli’
“Israeli shooter opened fire inside an Austin (Texas) bar” on March 1, 2026.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Women In Iran Removing Burqas, Burning Pictures Of Khamenei After He Died In U.S.-Israeli Strikes In 2026
Does a video show women in Iran removing burqas and then burning pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after he died in U.S.-Israeli strikes in February 2026? No, that's not true: The clip being shared does not show people in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Fire At Tel Aviv Munitions Storage Building During Iran Attack on Israel In 2026 — It’s A 2024 Apartment Fire
Does a video of a fire recorded from a balcony in Tel Aviv show the aftermath of a missile attack on Israel on February 28, 2026? No, that's not true: The video was shared on social media on October 26, 2024, and there was no claim that a
Full Fact→ Old photos of Jeffrey Epstein edited to look like he was recently spotted in Israel
Images supposedly showing Epstein in Israel recently are actually old pictures that have been edited to add grey hair and a beard.
The Dispatch→ Israel’s West Bank Land Push
Plus: China drops its African tariffs, and Russia and Ukraine talk in Geneva.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Jeffrey Epstein Was NOT Photographed Recently In Tel Aviv, Israel — A Gemini AI Watermark Shows On The Uncropped Image
Was a bearded Jeffrey Epstein photographed walking in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2026? No, that's not true: Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019. The image is AI-generated. Some versions of the image circulating on social media have been cropped, but th
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Video Does NOT Show Caracas, Venezuela Under Missile Bombardment — 2025 Israel Footage
Does a viral video show missiles raining down from the clouds on Caracas, Venezuela on January 3, 2026? No, that's not true: A viral video making the rounds does not show the actual attacks that took place on that date. It is an old video
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Windmills Are NOT Killing ‘All Of Our Beautiful Bald Eagles’ As Claimed By President Trump — Post Shows Israeli Falcon
Are windmills -- also known as wind turbines -- killing all of the bald eagles in the United States, as President Donald Trump claimed in a Truth Social post? No, that's not true: Studies estimate the number of eagles killed by wind turbi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Zelenskyy Received Israeli Passport In 2016
Does a viral picture of what looks like an Israeli passport confirm that Volodymyr Zelenskyy became an Israeli citizen before he became president of Ukraine? No, that's not true: The image got the spelling of his last name wrong. The mach
Full Fact→ Video compilation includes faked clips of Israeli missile strikes on Iranian bases
A viral video featuring clips supposedly showing Israeli missiles hitting Iranian bases includes three clips that were probably made using artificial intelligence.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI Videos Of Iranian Bases Hit By Israeli Missiles Are NOT Real CCTV Footage
Do leaked CCTV videos really show Israeli missiles striking Iranian missile bases? No, that's not true: Several clips in a viral video with that description contain several glitches typical of AI generated footage. It was published by an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Burning an American Flag
Does a viral video of Israeli soldiers setting an American flag on fire show a real-life event? No, that's not true: The clip was likely created using AI, probably Sora, whose watermark appeared to have been covered by an emoji of a skull
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Muslims Protesting A Christmas Fair In Germany — Clip From Pro-Palestinian Anti-Israel March First Appeared October, 2024
Does a viral video show Muslims protesting against a Christmas fair in Germany? No, that's not true: The video has circulated since October, 12, 2024, showing a demonstration in Hamburg, Germany, against Israel and in solidarity with Pale
The Dispatch→ Israelis Still Need Answers About October 7
Netanyahu’s government has yet to reckon with the failure that led to the deadliest day in his nation’s history.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israeli Prisoner Alexander ‘Turbanov’ Did NOT Make a Statement About Captors’ Kindness — Wrong Name And Made-Up Quote
Did Alexander Turbanov, an Israeli man who was held prisoner by Hamas, make a statement sympathizing with his captors upon his release? No, that's not true: This made-up quote went viral on Feb. 15, 2025 and resurfaced in Oct. 2025. The m
The Dispatch→ Lasting Peace Requires Accepting Israel’s Right to Exist
Its enemies have historically taken the opposite position.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump’s speech in Israel on same day as hostage, prisoner releases
Fact-checking Trump’s speech to Israel’s Knesset
The Dispatch→ Conservatives Turning Against Israel | Roundtable
Plus: Israel’s PR problem.
The Dispatch→ How October 7 Changed Israel
Two years after the terrorist attack, Israelis are still adjusting to an upended life.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Shows Veterans Protesting ‘Gaza Genocide’, NOT Military Pilots Arrested For Refusing To Fly Armed Planes To Israel
Does a viral video show two military pilots arrested for refusing to fly armed planes to Israel? No, that's not true: A video with a false caption has gone viral more than two weeks after it was filmed. The chaotic scene was filmed on Sep
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Israel’s Chief Rabbi Did NOT Write A Condolence Letter To Kirk Family On September 2, 2025 — Letter Was Written On September 12, 2025
Did Israel's Chief Rabbi, David Yosef, write a condolence letter to the family of Charlie Kirk on September 2, 2025 -- more than a week before Kirk was killed? No, that's not true: The letter was written on Sept. 12, 2025, but it was shar
The Dispatch→ The Right’s Growing Animus Toward Israel
Young populists find U.S. aid for the Jewish state incompatible with ‘America First.’
The Dispatch→ For Iranians, War With Israel Still Looms Large
‘Every day, we wait for a foreign country to attack our homeland to help us live.’
The Dispatch→ DNC Meeting Highlights Party’s Divide Over Israel
Chairman Ken Martin seeks to head off infighting after a resolution calling for an arms embargo fails.