Each MLK Day, supporters of Israel invoke the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. to draw a false parallel between the civil rights movement and Zionism. While MLK did sympathize with the state of Israel, he consistently supported nonviolence. During the Six-Day War, MLK supported a UN-mediated peace settlement that addressed the economic and security concerns of all parties. However, a letter attributed to King called ‘Letter to an Anti-Zionist Friend’ has a starkly different tone. Unfortunately for the pro-Israel crowd, this letter is a forgery which reveals the willingness of some Israel supporters to use disinformation to influence public perception. Unsurprisingly, the forgery is deeply connected to the Anti-Defamation League and ideological neoconservatives. One theory for the creation of the letter was that it was inspired by statements made by King at a Cambridge, Massachusetts dinner party. Seymour Martin Lipset, one of the first neoconservatives, recorded King’s supposed statements in a work published by the ADL. According to this account, King responded to a young black activist who criticized Israel by saying “When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You are talking anti-Semitism.” However, even pro-Israel historians admit that “There’s plenty of room to debate the meaning of King’s words at the Cambridge dinner.” While Lipset’s testimony is technically possible, it is not a historical fact and should not be treated as such.