Fact Check
These days, Israeli terrorist group is fighting with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Gaza’s Hamas, and Iran. Many people have lost their lives in this war. Israel has targeted these three and is attacking directly. Meanwhile, a video of PM Netanyahu is rapidly circulating on social media, in which it is claimed that he is talking to a Sheikh. India TV’s Fact Check team found it to be misleading and misleading.
What was claimed?
Social media user @athavale_abhi claimed that a Sunni Sheikh from Saudi Arabia praised Israeli PM Netanyahu for killing terrorists. In such a situation, why are Indian Muslims protesting against Israel here? Comment could not be taken from Asaduddin Owaisi on this.
Another user @lakshaymehta31 also claimed that a Sheikh from Saudi Arabia praised Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for eliminating terrorists. Both Saudi and UAE are with Israel.
What was found in the investigation?
When India TV’s Fact Check team saw this video, we were skeptical about the quality of this video. After this we started investigating it. When we entered several keywords on Google regarding Sheikh of Saudi Arabia and PM Netanyahu, we found many similar videos. Then we did a reverse image search and found an image of a YouTuber from Saudi Arabia. youtube link Found which was of the year 2019. We then translated its caption, which was in Arabic, into Hindi and English.
The whole matter became clear in that. “Saudi Arabia’s generalist Mohammed Saud called Netanyahu from Riyadh during the Likud party’s voting process and offered support and said he could vote for Netanyahu,” the video’s caption read. At the same time, there is no mention of war in the video either.
What was the conclusion?
The claim being made on social media that Saudi Sheikh has praised Israeli PM Netanyahu for killing terrorists is completely misleading. Actually the video is from 2019 when Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Saud called Netanyahu from Riyadh during the voting process of Likud Party and offered support.
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