image Share on Facebook It appears to carry a headline from the Times of Israel: “Protests to stop genocide are anti-Semitic.”
Verdict: False
The purported headline image was originally shared by an Israeli parody account on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Fact check:
Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s War Cabinet, reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to resign “unless he adopts a new plan” to deal with the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war. Associated Press. According to the report, Gantz recently proposed a “six-point plan” that includes a June 8 deadline for adoption and the release of hostages.
“Protests to stop genocide are anti-Semitic,” reads a headline attributed to the Times of Israel, shared via an image on Facebook. “University protests to stop genocide and denounce Israeli human rights abuses are clearly just anti-Semitism and hatred of Jews and Israelis,” the subheading continues. This post appears to have been written by an author named Mr. Shumley and Mr. Rapaport.
However, this claim is false. The image attributed to the Times of Israel headline was originally Shared by X Posted by Israeli parody account @israellill on May 18th. “[This is an] Israeli state parody account. Our content is intended to be satirical. We hope no harm comes to anyone,” the account reads. bio is shown. Additionally, a parody label showing a Times of Israel headline appears in the lower right corner of the image.
— State of Israel – חשבון מדינת ישראל (parody) (@israellill) May 18, 2024
Similarly, Check Your Facts could not find the headline allegedly quoted by the Times of Israel. Website or its verified socializing media account. Additionally, we found “Check Your Fact” There are no reliable reports to support the claim. In fact, the opposite is true. Reuters We also reported in a May 21 article that this claim originally came from an X parody account. A Times of Israel spokesperson confirmed to Reuters in an email that the headline was a fabrication. (Related article: Post about UN cutting estimates of people killed in Gaza by half lacks context)
“We do not publish articles with such headlines. The screenshots are not real,” a spokesperson told Reuters.
This is not the first time false claims have spread online. Check Your Fact previously denied a social media post that claimed the city of Chicago ceremonially raised the Palestinian flag at a recent event.
