Haaretz corrects false claims about Brooke Goldstein’s trip to Gaza

During the war in Gaza, media coverage was highly polarized, and in many cases deeply misleading. False narratives—including claims of famine and other blood-libel style allegations—spread rapidly and were amplified across international outlets, shaping public perception in ways untethered from on-the-ground reality.

Against that backdrop, Lawfare Project Executive Director Brooke Goldstein became the second civilian granted permission to enter Gaza during the conflict. She did so as a guest of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), at significant personal risk, in order to observe humanitarian operations firsthand and report truthfully on what she saw. Her visit was not sponsored, funded, or facilitated by any government. The trip was independently documented and publicly shared at the time.

Rather than engaging with the substance of what Brooke reported, she—like others who sought to expose the truth—was subjected to smears and false claims of affiliation designed to undermine her credibility and distract from inconvenient facts.

Unfortunately, in August 2025, Haaretz published an article that incorrectly included Brooke among participants in an alleged government-sponsored "influencer" tour of Gaza. The article falsely suggested that her visit was arranged or funded by the Israeli government and implied affiliation with a Foreign Ministry-linked funding program. None of this was true.

After we formally notified Haaretz of these errors, it issued a correction acknowledging the mistake.

This episode illustrates how quickly inaccurate narratives can spread in a polarized media environment—and why accuracy, independence, and firsthand reporting matter. The Lawfare Project does not accept direction, sponsorship, or funding from any government in connection with its advocacy or reporting. When false claims are made, we will correct the record.