Arab “fake news,” a.k.a. propaganda, has been the Palestinian modus operandi since the birth of Israel, and it has worked so well that despite the history and documented facts about Palestinian efforts to obliterate Israel, the world largely believes in Palestinian victimhood.

“Israel will not change status quo in Jerusalem – Yair Lapid says,” by Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, April 20, 2022: 

Israel will maintain the status quo on the Temple Mount, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Wednesday, pushing back against “fake news” spreading in the Arab world.

“We have no intention to change the status quo or prevent freedom of worship, but we will keep the order in the capital of Israel,” Lapid stated.

“Israel is the sovereign and we can be the moderate force taking the public welfare into consideration. Our goal is for Jerusalem to be calm on the holiday…We will not allow fireworks to be thrown from the mosque at Jews on the Temple Mount or anywhere,” he added.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in an interview with Kan Bet that “neighboring states need to show leadership against the lies.”

“There is a huge amount of fake news,” Lapid said, citing a rumor spread by Palestinians that Israel trying to split the Temple Mount between Jews and Muslims using the model of the Tomb of the Patriarchs. “It’s not true but very strong on social media.”

Lapid also referred to a video spread on social media that looks like a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the Al-Aksa Mosque, which is, in fact, a video that was reversed of someone throwing the explosive out of the mosque.

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