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EPISODE · May 21, 2026 · 40 MIN

How Do You Fight a False Story? Free Speech, Anti-Zionism and the Law

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Alan Dershowitz detonates a warning flare over the future of free speech and Jewish safety, arguing that today’s biggest threat is not just bad reporting, but the way false narratives spread and put Jews at risk. Viewers will learn why he believes defamation law is failing, how speech protections may need to adapt to the internet age, why “anti-Zionism” is often treated differently from other forms of hate and what the Jewish world must do now to fight back.

Alan Dershowitz detonates a warning flare over the future of free speech and Jewish safety, arguing that today’s biggest threat is not just bad reporting, but the way false narratives spread and put Jews at risk. Viewers will learn why he believes defamation law is failing, how speech protections may need to adapt to the internet age, why “anti-Zionism” is often treated differently from other forms of hate and what the Jewish world must do now to fight back.

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Alan Dershowitz detonates a warning flare over the future of free speech and Jewish safety, arguing that today’s biggest threat is not just bad reporting, but the way false narratives spread and put Jews at risk. Viewers will learn why he believes...

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