How lies become weapons in mainstream reporting

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Olga Deutsch: some of the most consequential battles of this era are waged far from any frontline. They unfold in newspaper columns, NGO briefings, aid networks, courtrooms, and the language of human rights – places where falsehood can travel faster than evidence and accusation can outrun accountability. The ultimate weapon that we have is facts and figures.

What is being waged against Israel and against Jews is not a marginal public-relations problem but the political warfare against the Jewish people and the State of Israel, a campaign designed to complement the physical war, reshape public opinion, and muddy the moral categories by which violence is judged.

The full interview was published in The Jerusalem Post  on May 18, 2026.

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