The Lie That Lit the Match: Yardena Schwartz on Hebron, Disinformation, and the Media’s Vanishing Memory

The Lie That Lit the Match: Yardena Schwartz on Hebron, Disinformation, and the Media’s Vanishing Memory

Key Takeaways: A disinformation campaign about Islamic holy sites “under threat” helped ignite the 1929 riots and the Hebron massacre, and the same narrative remains a recurring trigger for violence over the century that followed. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem wasn’t just a historical footnote: he spread the Al-Aqsa lie, later collaborated closely with Nazi Germany, and helped shape political heirs who carried elements of that worldview forward.…