“Photo of Argentina’s football player, Lionel Messi holding the Palestinian National Flag”
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post is an edited one. The original photo shows Lionel Messi holding the ‘Icons.com’ online shopping website placard. This photo was shot when Lionel Messi launched the official FC Barcelona memorabilia collection exclusively at his partner shopping website, Icons.com. Lionel Messi had not made any statement regarding the recent conflict between Israel and Palestine
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 May 2021, 10 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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