{"id":327881,"date":"2026-03-20T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:00:24","slug":"why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he&#8217;s alive? | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zRrHaC54eUs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he's alive? | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zRrHaC54eUs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Why do people think Benjamin Netanyahu has died? <\/p>\n<p>Social media platforms have been flooded with the wild rumour that Benjamin Netanyahu is dead (which he is not). <\/p>\n<p>Fake photos and videos of his body, coated with dust and debris, seemed to show that the Israeli prime minister had been killed \u2013 during the US-Israel war with Iran \u2013 in an Iranian air strike. <\/p>\n<p>The rumour was false \u2013 Netanyahu had not died, nor been involved in a strike. The photos and videos were AI-generated. But when Netanyahu posted several videos of himself, debunking and mocking the rumour, some people on social media still refused to believe these were really him.  <\/p>\n<p>Today on The Global Story podcast, Thomas Copeland from BBC Verify explains how the economics of social media drive the creation of AI-generated fake videos \u2013 sometimes by people with no strong feelings about the war itself. <\/p>\n<p>And we speak to Peter Pomerantsev, author of &#8216;Nothing Is True and Everything is Possible&#8217;, who says the essential strategy behind wartime disinformation remains unchanged since ancient times.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you\u2019re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. <\/p>\n<p>LINK: https:\/\/app.magellan.ai\/listen_links\/the-global-story-ytl<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #netanyahu #middleeast <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n01:55 When the rumour of Netayahu&#8217;s death start?<br \/>\n05:21 Where did the rumour originate from?<br \/>\n07:00 Why do people believe that Netanyahu is dead?<br \/>\n13:00 How do you verify what&#8217;s real and what&#8217;s fake?<br \/>\n16:30 When has misinformation changed the course of a war?<br \/>\n18:00 The misinformation surrounding the US-Israel war with Iran<br \/>\n22:30 Could AI change future conflicts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do people think Benjamin Netanyahu has died? Social media platforms have been flooded with the wild rumour that Benjamin Netanyahu is dead (which he is not). Fake photos and videos of his body, coated with dust and debris, seemed to show that the Israeli prime minister had been killed \u2013 during the US-Israel war [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":327882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[134006,128896,129597],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-327881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news","tag-benjamin","tag-people","tag-think"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he&#039;s alive? | The Global Story | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he&#039;s alive? | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he&#039;s alive? | The Global Story | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he&#039;s alive? | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-20T18:00:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zRrHaC54eUs\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he&#8217;s alive? | The Global Story\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-20T18:00:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3109.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Benjamin\",\"people\",\"think\"],\"articleSection\":[\"BBC News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he's alive? | The Global Story | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3109.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-20T18:00:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he's alive? | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3109.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3109.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he&#8217;s alive? | The Global Story\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he's alive? | The Global Story | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he's alive? | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he's alive? | The Global Story | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he's alive? | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-03-20T18:00:24+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/zRrHaC54eUs\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he&#8217;s alive? | The Global Story","datePublished":"2026-03-20T18:00:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/"},"wordCount":310,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-3109.jpg","keywords":["Benjamin","people","think"],"articleSection":["BBC News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/","name":"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he's alive? | The Global Story | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-3109.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-20T18:00:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he's alive? | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-3109.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-3109.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-has-benjamin-netanyahu-had-to-prove-hes-alive-the-global-story\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why has Benjamin Netanyahu had to prove he&#8217;s alive? | The Global Story"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327881"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=327881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}