I’m honestly not sure what you’re arguing for. All politicians lie constantly. I’m sure the ones you named also lie frequently. It’s all just mind games to confuse people during a war.

It doesn’t exactly take mental gymnastics to think Putin might lie about something if he thinks it’ll give him an advantage.

You can have one filled with water and the other freely draining for different steps of cleaning

Alright yeah Israel is worse, but that isn’t what people are talking about right now. It’s possible to support the Palestinians but not Hamas. Fighting back is fine, but targeting civilians isn’t. If they had just attacked the actual oppressors, the conversation would be completely different.