9/11 Suspects: The Dancing Israelis In the days after 9/11, while Ground Zero continued to smoulder, millions heard Dan Rather and various media outlets repeat vague and unconfirmed reports of arrests that took place that day. These rumors held that Middle Eastern men, presumably Arabs, were arrested in explosive-packed vans in various places around the city on September 11th, and that some had even been photographing and celebrating those events. What most do not realize is that those reports w

Ever heard of the “dancing Israelis” conspiracy theory? It’s a baseless lie blaming Jews for 9/11, yet it resurfaces every year. This week, we watched the same playbook unfold. Within minutes of Charlie Kirk’s murder, conspiracists claimed Israel was behind it, stringing together unrelated “evidence” to push antisemitic tropes that went viral. Unfortunately, scapegoating Jews is nothing new. But these conspiracies don’t just distort facts, they fuel Jew hatred. The exploitation of Charlie Kirk’s