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Palestinian youths brandishing fake rifles parade during a military-style summer camp organized annually by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group during the school holiday, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on June 22, 2023. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

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‘Ensuring jihad will continue’: Gaza summer camp teaches youth to fight, hate Israel

Young Palestinians parade and brandish fake rifles as they are instructed on combat against the ‘Zionist enemy’ at Palestinian Islamic Jihad camp

June 26, 2023, 4:08 am

‘Ensuring jihad will continue’: Gaza summer camp teaches youth to fight, hate Israel

Young Palestinians parade and brandish fake rifles as they are instructed on combat against the ‘Zionist enemy’ at Palestinian Islamic Jihad camp

By ToI Staff

The ghost of Henry Ford, played by John Lepard, kills time on Detroit’s People Mover in '10 Questions for Henry Ford.' (Andy Kirshner)

July 29, 2022, 4:52 pm

Henry Ford’s ‘ghost’ opens up about his infamous antisemitism in new art documentary

A century after the publication of ‘The International Jew,’ filmmaker Andy Kirshner revives the automaker in ’10 Questions for Henry Ford,’ screening at the SF Jewish Film Festival

By Rich Tenorio

Actors are pictured in the Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood of Damascus during the filming of "Home Operation," produced by actor Jackie Chan and inspired by real events of the emergency evacuation of Chinese and foreign nationals and diplomats during the early days of a civil war in Yemen, July 14, 2022. (Louai Beshara/AFP)

July 17, 2022, 11:41 am

Former Islamic State stronghold in Syria hosts Jackie Chan film set

‘Home Operation’ was inspired by China’s 2015 operation to evacuate its citizens and other foreigners from Yemen amid civil war, but film only mentions fictional country ‘Poman’

By Maher Al Mounes

Blood stains are seen on a damaged car after a deadly Russian missile attack in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, July 14, 2022 (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

July 16, 2022, 5:23 am

Russia’s information war expands through Eastern Europe

Moscow is using fake accounts and propaganda to spread fears about refugees and rising fuel prices while calling the West an untrustworthy ally

By David Klepper

Illustrative: Egyptian prisoners of war are shown during the Arab-Israeli Six Day War in June 1967. Exact date and location unknown. (AP Photo)

May 14, 2022, 11:43 pm

Secret UK propaganda campaign stoked Israel hatred to appear authentic — documents

Declassified files show Britain attempted to sow division between Moscow and its Arab allies using fake reports blaming both sides for Egypt’s defeat in the 1967 Six Day War

By ToI Staff

In this photo provided by the Swedish Armed Forces on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, troops prepare in the Baltic Sea region. (Joel Thungren/Swedish Armed Forces/TT via AP)

May 4, 2022, 11:04 am

‘We are against Nazism, they are not’: Russian campaign labels Swedes Nazis

Propaganda posters reportedly engineered by Russian organization Our Victory, due to Sweden’s push to join NATO

By Michael Horovitz

Teenage Masha in her Youth Army uniform. She is obsessed with WWII Russian history and patriotism in Dmitry Bogolyubov's documentary film, 'Town of Glory.' (Courtesy of First Hand Films)

April 9, 2022, 12:48 am

Russian filmmaker flees Moscow to Israel due to documentary critical of Putin regime

Dmitry Bogolyubov’s ‘Town of Glory’ depicts town of Yelnya as representative of fanatical militarism fueling Russians’ strong support for brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to RUSNANO CEO Anatoly Chubais in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Russia, November 7, 2016. (AP Photo)

March 25, 2022, 5:15 pm

Official who reportedly told Yeltsin to hire Putin among those to quit over Ukraine

Climate envoy Anatoly Chubais among several prominent Russians stepping down; gone too is deputy PM Dvorkovich; no indications of resignations in Putin’s inner circle.

By AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert marking the eighth anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on March 18, 2022. (Sergei GUNEYEV / POOL / AFP)

March 18, 2022, 6:53 pm

Putin appears at huge pro-war rally; some of 200,000 crowd said ordered to attend

‘We have not had unity like this for a long time,’ Russian leader tells cheering crowd at Moscow event marking 8th anniversary of annexation of Crimea

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A Ukrainian firefighter walks inside a large food products storage facility which was destroyed by an airstrike in the early morning hours on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

March 13, 2022, 8:23 pm

Russia claims to kill ‘180 foreign mercenaries’ in strike on western Ukraine

Training facility is westernmost target struck during 18-day invasion; airstrikes from Mariupol to Mykolaiv, Chernihiv and Kyiv continue to terrorize fleeing civilians

By Agencies

Russia's President Vladimir Putin appears on a television screen at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, on February 25, 2022. Russia is revving up its sophisticated propaganda machine as its military advances in neighboring Ukraine. Analysts who monitor propaganda and disinformation say they've seen a sharp increase in online activity linked to the Russian state in recent weeks. (AP/Michael Probst, File)

February 26, 2022, 5:54 pm

War via TikTok: Russia’s new propaganda tool

An emerging part of Moscow’s arsenal is shaping opinion through orchestrated disinformation

By David Klepper

The app of the Russian government newspaper is displayed on an iPhone screen showing Russian President Vladimir Putin during his speech in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)

February 26, 2022, 5:10 pm

Russia bans words ‘invasion’ and ‘assault’ in media, warns several outlets

Authorities advise local press to stick to the state-sanctioned version of events in Ukraine

By AFP

Gaza children train in weapons-use in the Strip, summer 2021 (Hamas)

July 3, 2021, 12:00 pm

At annual summer camps, Hamas trains kids to fire guns, kidnap soldiers

Children at ‘Pioneers of Liberation’ camp drill to become combatants against Israel, simulate shooting attacks in Jerusalem

By ToI Staff

Fake news uncovered by student volunteers at the IDC Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, central Israel. (Courtesy IDC)

May 20, 2021, 3:57 pm

Students expose fake social media reports on Israel-Gaza, to set record straight

Around 180 students from Israel and around the world staff situation room at Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, looking out for false anti-Israel coverage and explaining facts

By Sue Surkes

Arab-Israeli travel blogger Nas Daily (Screengrab: Youtube)

October 23, 2020, 7:55 pm

Arab Israeli blogger dismisses claim he’s an Israeli propaganda tool

Nas Daily lambastes Al Jazeera report as ‘fake news,’ alleges discrepancies between Qatari-owned news outlet’s English and Arabic-language coverage

By Josefin Dolsten