‘I fabricate fake news’ says Israeli communications official

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“I fabricate fake news,” admitted senior Israeli communications official Eli Hazan in a video in which he declared that truth and facts no longer matter.

The extraordinary confession by Hazan was captured in a video that has gone viral on social media. ‘We must flood social media with fake news to defend Israel’ Israeli politician Eli Hazan says the ‘truth no longer matters’ pic.twitter.com/8OuylEPf5U — HatsOff (@HatsOffff) August 16, 2026 The clip has attracted more than one million views on X, alongside thousands of reposts and comments.

In the footage, Hazan states: “The truth doesn’t matter anymore.

The facts don’t matter anymore.” He goes on to acknowledge: “I fabricate fake news as a response to them,” before arguing that Israel […]

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