Thursday 01/May/2025 – 04:16 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came out in the midst of a wave of fires that swept different areas in Israel, with a remarkable statement, in which he said: We hold 18 suspects in igniting the fires in the hills of Jerusalem, one of whom was already caught.
Netanyahu lied to Israel’s fires
However, the question marks began to appear, after the Israeli police issued a statement indirectly refuting what Netanyahu said, stressing that the number of detainees is only 3, all of whom are under investigation, and there is no certain information until now about their backgrounds or their intentions.
This contradiction has not passed unnoticed. Israeli journalist Etie Blumentel, the military editor of the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, shed light on it with a clear tweet, showed that there is a big difference between what the political pyramid head says, and what the security establishment emphasizes.
Netanyahu’s statements have brought to the forefront the questions about his honesty in times of crisis, and does he really seek to fight what he deems a security threat, or is he employing the situation to make a political emergency that brought him back to the center of influence?
Netanyahu’s political opponents are hinting that exaggeration in the numbers serve his narrative that he always wants to put forward and related to the presence of the internal enemy, which is the narrative that Netanyahu has often used in the past to unify the home front around him, especially in light of his popularity and increasing criticism of his policy after the security and political tremors that struck Israel in recent months.
Jerusalem fires reveal the misinformation of the hands of Cohen and its lie
In the same context, Israeli political researcher Eddie Cohen raised a new wave of controversy after revealing his misleading after the publication of a video claiming that he documented a Palestinian attempt; To set fire to the forests of Jerusalem, in light of the wave of fires in the region.
However, the rapid investigations conducted by activists and journalists on social media platforms revealed the truth: The video is originally due to a fire accident in Italy years ago, and there is no connection to neither the Palestinians nor for Jerusalem, the clip was easily identified by comparing the scenes and landscapes with previous reports and Italian news sources, which confirmed the falsehood of the novel that Cohen tried to promote.
The incident sparked widespread discontent, as many saw that this type of media misinformation aims to offend the Palestinians and incite international public opinion against them, especially in times of extreme tension.
