Understand Israel, with the sources.
Verified facts, primary documents and the arguments behind them. Free, in three languages.
The claims you keep hearing, checked
Hundreds of fact checks with sources. New ones every week.
Latest fact checks
Show all
GeneralA viral video shows supersonic Iranian rockets successfully striking the Tel Aviv marina in March 2026.Fact check · 21 Sept 2026
GeneralThe deadly bombing of an Iranian girls' primary school in Minab was carried out by Iran itself, rather than by U.S. or Israeli airstrikes.Fact check · 21 Sept 2026
GeneralA July 2026 UNICEF report on child malnutrition in Gaza dismantled the "famine narrative" and disproved that there is or ever was a famine in the territory.Fact check · 21 Sept 2026
GeneralThe government of Iran has officially released a targeted list of 11 U.S. cities, including their populations and military installations, slated for imminent retaliatory strikes.Fact check · 21 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral photograph of two rows of bodies covered in white sheets surrounded by praying mourners shows the actual funeral for schoolgirls killed in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in Minab, Iran.Fact check · 21 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral video shows a boat named Mikeno from the Global Sumud Flotilla successfully arriving on the shores of Gaza with humanitarian aid, breaching the ongoing Israeli military blockade.Fact check · 20 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral video of a massive explosion at an ammunition depot proves that an Iranian missile strike successfully targeted and destroyed Israel's Dimona nuclear facility.Fact check · 20 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral video of people shouting and fighting in a crowded terminal shows violent clashes at Ben Gurion Airport as Israelis desperately attempt to flee the country.Fact check · 20 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral video of a massive building fire shows a major blaze in Tel Aviv caused by recent Iranian retaliatory missile strikes.Fact check · 20 Sept 2026
GeneralIsrael's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has died in a car crash or an Iranian missile strike on his home.Fact check · 18 Sept 2026Every claim, with its receipt
Hasbara links each statement to a source you can open: archives, court records, research, the texts themselves.
Myth
A viral video shows supersonic Iranian rockets successfully striking the Tel Aviv marina in March 2026.
Fact
The viral video is an AI-generated fabrication featuring rendering errors, structural contradictions, and a fictional waterfront. No such strike occurred, and Israel's multi-layered air defenses successfully intercepted the vast majority of threats launched during the regional escalation.
Myth
The deadly bombing of an Iranian girls' primary school in Minab was carried out by Iran itself, rather than by U.S. or Israeli airstrikes.
Fact
The strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab on February 28, 2026, was a tragic U.S. military coordination error resulting from outdated intelligence databases and an overreliance on AI target-recommendation software, rather than an Iranian self-bombing.
Myths and facts
Search hundreds of fact checks
Type a claim you heard. Get the myth, the fact, and the sources that settle it.
Browse fact checks
Opinion
Read the argument, not the headline
Analysis written for people who have to explain this country to someone who has never seen it.
Latest writing
Resources
Start with a topic
History, law, borders, society, security. Each topic is a set of sourced primers you can read in order.
Explore topics
Start with the facts
Search the archive
Myths, facts and sources, in one search.
or
Photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors