“Video of a man collapsing while confronting service members is “Palestinian Theater.”
Social media posts
Instagram post. Claim dated 13 Dec 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The video shows a 2015 incident in which an older Palestinian man collapsed while confronting Israeli service members in the West Bank.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 December 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 December 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/C0y5ZpArO0M/
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