Claim: Columbia University has cut diplomatic ties with Israel. Fact: The Republic of Colombia has severed ties with Israel, not the Columbia University in New York, US. Reiterating his stance on the war in Gaza, the Republic’s president, Gustavo Petro, announced the decision to break diplomatic relations with Israel on 1 May 2024. On 1 […]
Claim: Russian President Vladimir Putin posted a video on X saying that countries would choose sides after World War III starts. Fact: The now-deleted X account was a Putin parody account. Further, the video with the post has been shared out of context. On 14 April, X user @Brics_Dolllar, a verified parody account of Putin […]
Claim: A video shows the aftermath of an assassination attempt on Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Fact: The video is from 16 March 2024 when a car caught fire due to an accident on King Salman Road, Riyadh. On 7 May 2024, X (formerly Twitter) user SANTINO (@MichaelSCollura) posted a video claiming that […]
Claim: Minouche Shafik gave a Nazi salute during a US congressional hearing. Fact: Shafik did not make any such gesture. A photo showing the same has been altered and was initially published in a satirical article. On 18 April 2024, Facebook user ‘Harry K Watkins’ shared (archive) a picture of Columbia University President Nemat Shafik, […]
Claim: A video published on social media on 1 November 2023 by journalist Benjamin Sales shows first responder Asher Moskowitz claiming that Hamas operatives burned an Israeli baby in an oven on 7 October 2023. Fact: To ascertain whether credible evidence exists to back this claim, Soch Fact Check looked into both Israeli and US […]
Claim: A compilation of three videos shows Iran’s “response” against the United States and Israel following the April 2024 attack on the Islamic Republic’s consulate in Damascus, Syria. Fact: The footage in question is entirely unrelated to the recent military escalation between Iran and Israel. All videos predate Iran’s 14 April 2024 airstrike on Israel; […]
Claim: A video shows fish flopping around in a few inches of water in a supermarket after rainfall that led to unprecedented flooding in Dubai in April 2024. Fact: The video does not depict Dubai and is unrelated to the April 2024 flooding. It is actually from 2018 when an aquarium reportedly shattered in a […]
Claim: A picture shows Benjamin Netanyahu on the ventilator. Fact: The image is fake and most likely AI-generated. On 2 April 2024, Threads user @rehan_khan_x posted (archive) an image showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the ventilator, alongside the following caption: “Praying for Netanyahu That he doesn’t wake up” The image surfaced around the […]
Claim: A video shows Palestinians celebrating Iran’s 13 April attack on Israel at the al-Aqsa mosque Fact: The video does not show Palestinians celebrating Iran’s retaliatory drone attack on Israel. In fact, the video is from a week before the attacks, the last Friday of Ramazan, a day that is observed throughout the Muslim world […]
Claim: Video shows Iran destroying Israel’s fighter jet F-35 in a retaliatory attack. Fact: The claim is false because the footage is from the video game, Arma 3, and there is no credible evidence of Iran destroying the F-35 jet in the Isfahan strikes. On 19 April 2024, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted […]
Claim: A video on social media shows a Pakistani man called Asif Zardari, praising Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asking Indian Muslims to support him. Fact: The claim is false as it is a staged video by an Indian “artist”, Dhirendra Raghav from Agra, who role-plays as multiple political figures in his videos, possibly […]
Claim: Angelina Jolie said, “Arabs and Muslims are not terrorists. The world should unite against Israel.” Fact: Angelina Jolie did not say this. The quote falsely attributed to her has circulated online for many years. On 18 February 2024, Threads user @faithfullifestyle1 posted an image (archive) which attributed the following quote to Angelina Jolie, “Arabs […]