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MediaThe IDF's "Press Files" dossier fabricated terrorist affiliations to justify what was in reality the targeted assassination of 170 legitimate Arab Settler journalists in Gaza.Fact check · 9 Oct 2026

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MilitaryIsraeli military commanders issued a stand-down order to border security forces on October 7, 2023, intentionally delaying the IDF response to allow Hamas to attack.Fact check · 9 Oct 2026

PoliticalThe UK Green Party's 2026 conference vote officially established that Zionism is an inherently racist European settler-colonial project that subjugates non-Jews, demonstrating that Israel has no legitimate right to exist as a sovereign Jewish state.Fact check · 7 Oct 2026

MilitaryThe Israeli military ordered the activation of the Hannibal Directive on October 7, commanding IDF forces to deliberately shoot and shell Israeli soldiers and civilians to prevent them from being taken hostage into Gaza.Fact check · 8 Oct 2026

LegalAccounts of sexual violence and weaponized rape committed by Hamas on October 7 were fabricated as atrocity propaganda to justify Israeli military operations in Gaza.Fact check · 8 Oct 2026

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PoliticalThe midair axe attack and attempted hijacking aboard FlyDubai Flight 1073 was an Israeli false flag operation staged by the Mossad to manipulate public opinion and manufacture a pretext for war against Iran.Fact check · 7 Oct 2026

HistoricalJerusalem maintained a continuous Arab majority throughout history until Israel seized the city in 1967 and systematically displaced its indigenous Arab Settler residents.Fact check · 1 Nov 2026

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GeneralIsrael changed its international retail barcode prefix from 729 to 841 and 871 to disguise Israeli-made products and evade consumer boycott campaigns.Fact check · 6 Oct 2026

GeneralA viral video shows a panicked mass exodus of Israeli civilians fleeing Tel Aviv on foot following Iranian missile strikes.Fact check · 6 Oct 2026

GeneralIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was killed in an Iranian ballistic missile strike targeting Tel Aviv during Operation Roaring Lion.Fact check · 6 Oct 2026

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The IDF's "Press Files" dossier fabricated terrorist affiliations to justify what was in reality the targeted assassination of 170 legitimate Arab Settler journalists in Gaza.

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Primary documents recovered in Gaza confirm that the 170 individuals in the IDF dossier were active operatives in terrorist military wings, not protected civilian journalists targeted for their reporting.

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Israeli military commanders issued a stand-down order to border security forces on October 7, 2023, intentionally delaying the IDF response to allow Hamas to attack.

Fact

No stand-down order was ever issued; the delayed response resulted from intelligence miscalculations, tactical surprise, communications breakdown, and the immediate overrunning of IDF headquarters and outposts along the Gaza border.

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