Far-right commentator Candace Owens posted a new round of conspiracy claims on X in the past 24 hours, accusing Israel of orchestrating “false flags,” invoking Mossad in sweeping allegations, and suggesting shadowy pro-Israel influence inside US conservatism as Israel and the US carry out military operations connected to Iran.
In the posts, Owens largely avoided explicitly referencing Jews, using coded language long associated with antisemitic conspiracy theories.
A “false flag” claim accuses a government or group of secretly staging an attack, then blaming someone else to justify retaliation or gain political advantage. The phrase comes from the old naval practice of flying a deceptive flag to disguise a ship’s identity.
Owens used “false flag” language to imply Israel routinely engineers major events and then manipulates the world into war. That framing pushes a familiar conspiracy template: Israel as a hidden puppet master that manufactures crises, controls narratives, and tricks other nations into action.
Owens invoked the “Lavon Affair” as part of a broader claim that Israeli “false flags are the Israeli way.”
The Lavon Affair refers to a covert Israeli operation in Egypt in 1954, later known as “Operation Susannah.” Israeli operatives recruited local Jews and others to plant small incendiary devices targeting Western-linked civilian sites. The goal, according to widely...
Far-right commentator Candace Owens posted a new round of conspiracy claims on X in the past 24 hours, accusing Israel of orchestrating “false flags,” invoking Mossad in sweeping allegations, and ...