■ Truth … From the River to the Sea

In this sense, Netanyahu becomes the clearest embodiment of the concept of Israeli propaganda, and his most recent address to the United Nations can serve as a practical case study of his deceptive approach.

Approximately forty minutes of speech come close to encapsulating the entire method.

He selects a set of facts and accurate figures from among a vast number of other facts and figures, isolates them from their context, and then rearranges them within a pre-established framework designed to lead to the desired conclusion.

The trick here does not necessarily lie in inventing every fact, but rather in choosing which facts to recount and which to omit, which questions to raise and which to exclude.

Here, Benzion’s old lesson comes to mind: before searching for answers, reconsider the question itself.

For this reason, dismantling Netanyahu’s narrative does not begin with searching for an explicit lie in every sentence.

It begins by peeling away the carefully selected data used to reinforce the narrative, then restoring to the picture the information that was left out.

At that point, the individual facts he employed do not disappear; rather, their meaning changes when they are returned to their original context, exposing the fragility of the Israeli narrative.

This is precisely where its weakness lies.

But defeating it is impossible without taking the initiative and going on the offensive.

In short, this is what Netanyahu’s opponents must do: take the initiative and go on the offensive.