Shlomo Karhi
September 3, 2025 · timesofisrael.com ↗
"Media reviews indicate that the film adopts and promotes a false and antisemitic narrative, accusing IDF soldiers of committing massacres and rapes during the War of Independence."
Why It’s Conflation
The film is about what an army did in a war. Its makers are Israeli, and it airs on Israel’s own public broadcaster. A minister who hadn’t seen it called it antisemitic and threatened the broadcaster’s budget.
What Actually Happened
Israel’s public broadcaster scheduled a documentary about the 1948 war that includes testimony that soldiers committed massacres and rapes.