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  • Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Vote 'For Palestine' In October 2023 UN Security Council Session -- Post Misrepresents Council's President's Spoken Mistake

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    Does a viral video prove that Israel voted "for Palestine" during a United Nations Security Council meeting? No, that's not true: In the meeting the then-president of the U.N. Security Council read a list of the countries supporting a resolution on Gaza days after the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. He included Israel but he immediately corrected himself and…

    • Apr 23, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Israel Did NOT Vote 'For Palestine' In October 2023 UN Security Council Session -- Post Misrepresents Council's President's Spoken Mistake Human Error
  • Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Give $16 Billion Of US Money To Iran In 2023; They're Frozen Iranian Assets

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    Did President Joe Biden give $16 billion of American money away to Iran in 2023? No, that's not true: First, it's important to say that the amount in question is $6 billion, not $16 billion. Secondly, the money wasn't U.S. taxpayer dollars to begin with; the funds were Iranian financial assets that had been frozen in South Korea due to…

    • Apr 16, 2024
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Give $16 Billion Of US Money To Iran In 2023; They're Frozen Iranian Assets On Hold
  • Fact Check: IDF DID Fire Shots Near Site Of Gaza Trampling Incident On February 29, 2024

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    Did the Israel Defense Forces not open fire near trucks delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza on February 29, 2024? No, that's not true: The Israel Defense Forces officially acknowledged that Israeli soldiers fired shots within proximity of the incident. However the exact circumstances of the events leading up to the death of dozens of people remain disputed at the time…

    • Mar 1, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: IDF DID Fire Shots Near Site Of Gaza Trampling Incident On February 29, 2024 IDF Confirmed
  • Fact Check: Aaron Bushnell Did NOT Comment On Reddit 'Palestine Will Be Free When All The Jews Are Dead'

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    Did Aaron Bushnell comment on Reddit that "Palestine will be free when all the jews are dead"? No, that's not true: Bushnell, the 25-year-old U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., did not make the comment on the Reddit website. While his account was deleted after his death, searches using archives…

    • Feb 29, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check:  Aaron Bushnell Did NOT Comment On Reddit 'Palestine Will Be Free When All The Jews Are Dead' Fact Check:  Aaron Bushnell Did NOT Comment On Reddit 'Palestine Will Be Free When All The Jews Are Dead' Fake Message
  • Fact Check: Netanyahu Clip About 'Liberating' Black Africans Is NOT His Future Plan -- It Was A Historical Quote On Decolonization

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    Does a video show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking about his plan to "liberate" or "recolonize" Black people of Africa? No, that's not true: The clip cut off a sentence from his 2016 African Summit speech where he made it clear he was quoting a statement by a historical figure. On that occasion, Netanyahu said nothing about "recolonization." The…

    • Feb 19, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Netanyahu Clip About 'Liberating' Black Africans Is NOT His Future Plan -- It Was A Historical Quote On Decolonization Quoting Herzl
  • Fact Check: Angelina Jolie Did NOT Say That 'The World Should Unite Against Israel'

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    Did American actress Angelina Jolie in 2024 call on the world to "unite against Israel"? No, that's not true: Lead Stories found no evidence corroborating the claim. This phrase has been falsely attributed to Jolie since at least 2006, according to Lead Stories' research. That's 17 years before the current Hamas-Israel war began in 2023. The quote was not part…

    • Feb 16, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Angelina Jolie Did NOT Say That 'The World Should Unite Against Israel' Old Fake
  • Fact Check: Israeli Gov't Post Does NOT Show Shelters For Gaza As Is Implied -- Video Shows Tents In Moldova For Ukrainianian Refugees

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    Does a video clip shared by the official account of the State of Israel show 23,000 tons of tents and shelter equipment that were trucked into Gaza since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: This is a stock video clip that shows a refugee camp in Palanca, Moldova which was uploaded to iStock…

    • Feb 14, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Israeli Gov't Post Does NOT Show Shelters For Gaza As Is Implied -- Video Shows Tents In Moldova For Ukrainianian Refugees Moldova Camp
  • Fact Check: John Kirby Did NOT Say Zero Civilians Had Died In Gaza -- He Said 'The Right Number Of Civilian Casualties Is Zero'

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    Did Assistant to the Secretary of Defense John Kirby say that the "true number of civilians deaths in Gaza is zero"? No, that's not true: That is a misquote that drastically changes the meaning of what Kirby said. No such quote is found in the transcript of the briefing shown in the Tweet that makes the claim. What Kirby did…

    • Feb 7, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: John Kirby Did NOT Say Zero Civilians Had Died In Gaza -- He Said 'The Right Number Of Civilian Casualties Is Zero' Misquote
  • Fact Check: 'Illegal Immigrant' In Video Is NOT Azerbaijani Politician Movsum Samadov -- Samadov Says It's Not Him, He Can't Leave Azerbaijan

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    Does a video seen on X show Azerbaijani politician Movsum Samadov on the border of the United States? No, that's not true: There is no evidence this man is Samadov or that this took place on the border of the U.S. Samadov denied that he was the man seen in the video when he spoke to Eastern Europe's Radio Liberty…

    • Jan 30, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: 'Illegal Immigrant' In Video Is NOT Azerbaijani Politician Movsum Samadov -- Samadov Says It's Not Him, He Can't Leave Azerbaijan Not Samadov
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Netanyahu Once Said 'America Is A Golden Calf And We Will Suck It Dry,' 'Destroy' It

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    Did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once say, "America is a golden calf and we will suck it dry," and then "destroy" it? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Netanyahu said this years before the Hamas-Israel war, or ever. The quotes are attributed to a transcript purportedly seen by an admitted misinformation peddler in 2015. But no…

    • Jan 18, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Netanyahu Once Said 'America Is A Golden Calf And We Will Suck It Dry,' 'Destroy' It No Proof
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