Opinion | Netanyahu and Israel threaten to sue The New York Times But experts say a government cannot sue a news outlet. May 15, 2026 Tom Jones
Opinion | CNN journalists were detained in what Israel called a ‘serious ethical and professional failure’ The Israeli military suspended a battalion and dismissed a soldier within days after the incident, which CNN reported while covering settler violence March 31, 2026 Tom Jones
A wave of posts claimed Benjamin Netanyahu was dead. Here’s how it spread. A missed meeting, a cryptic interruption and viral fakes snowballed into a false rumor the Israeli prime minister had died March 19, 2026 Loreben Tuquero
No, Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t have six fingers in a viral press conference video Social media posts claimed a press conference video showed Netanyahu with six fingers and suggested he might be dead. The video shows five. March 17, 2026 Loreben Tuquero
Opinion | Q&A: For Fox News’ Trey Yingst, covering the Middle East ceasefire is only the beginning The Fox News chief foreign correspondent talks about the challenge of covering a fragile peace and the need to return to Gaza October 14, 2025 Tom Jones
Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s claims about peace, war and Iran after his Israel address From ‘eight wars in eight months’ to Iran’s nuclear sites, several of Trump’s statements went beyond the evidence October 14, 2025 Louis Jacobson
Opinion | Five more journalists were killed covering the war in Gaza Media workers linked to AP, Reuters and Al Jazeera were among 20 killed in Gaza hospital strikes that drew a rare statement of regret from Netanyahu August 26, 2025 Tom Jones
Opinion | An Al Jazeera journalist warned Israel was targeting him. Now he’s dead. The Israeli military’s killing of Anas al-Sharif follows weeks of accusations that press groups and colleagues say were meant to silence him August 11, 2025 Tom Jones
Netanyahu’s claim of no starvation in Gaza contradicts widespread reports of a growing hunger crisis UN data, eyewitness accounts and humanitarian reports contradict the prime minister's denial, showing thousands are at risk of death from malnutrition July 30, 2025 Madison Czopek
Amid starvation in Gaza, AI-generated images of Egyptians throwing bottles of food to sea go viral As news stories detail starvation in Gaza, people expressed hope upon seeing social media images of what looked like a civilian-led effort in Egypt July 29, 2025 Loreben Tuquero
Opinion | In the aftermath of US strikes on Iran, facts are fragile and truth is urgent In a fog of war and misinformation, the media’s role in verifying official claims is more important than ever June 24, 2025 Tom Jones
A UN official misstated Gaza’s starvation risk. The number was real, but the timeline wasn’t An urgent warning about 14,000 starving children spread fast — but it was based on an 11-month projection, not 48 hours May 28, 2025 Grace Abels
Opinion | Journalists should ask hard and fair questions Tony Dokoupil and Bret Baier have both given case studies on how not to do tough interviews. Here’s what they should have done instead. October 21, 2024 Kelly McBride
How Israel-Gaza misinformation has evolved, one year later PolitiFact has fact-checked many claims about Israel, Gaza and the war in the Middle East. Here’s how the misleading and false narratives have changed October 8, 2024 Maria Briceño
‘You are the target’: What it’s like to fact-check a war Armed conflicts not only give rise to misinformation, but they also present major logistical challenges to fact-checkers June 26, 2024 Angela Fu
