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GeneralThe International Court of Justice has officially ruled that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.Fact check · 30 Sept 2026
GeneralIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once stated that America is a "golden calf" that Israel will "suck dry" and destroy.Fact check · 30 Sept 2026
GeneralNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has officially called for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ordered his generals to get food into Gaza.Fact check · 30 Sept 2026
GeneralA viral video claims to show an Iranian missile or drone strike successfully destroying an Israeli nuclear site located along the seashore.Fact check · 30 Sept 2026
GeneralViral photos circulating across social media prove that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska have acquired Israeli citizenship, hold Israeli passports, and have designated Israel as their alternative homeland.Fact check · 30 Sept 2026
GeneralOver 400,000 Israeli citizens have permanently fled Israel and relocated to Thailand to escape escalating military conflict with Iran.Fact check · 29 Sept 2026
GeneralThe Spanish government officially announced a full boycott of the upcoming FIFA World Cup to protest Israel's participation in international sports.Fact check · 29 Sept 2026
GeneralAn Israeli Foreign Ministry official named Ivgeni Zarubinski publicly threatened to detonate explosive pagers across Ireland after Israel lost a soccer match.Fact check · 29 Sept 2026
GeneralThe government of Japan has officially enacted a nationwide entry ban prohibiting all Israeli tourists and citizens from traveling to the country.Fact check · 29 Sept 2026
GeneralIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly that the United States deserved the September 11 terrorist attacks.Fact check · 29 Sept 2026Every claim, with its receipt
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The International Court of Justice has officially ruled that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
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The International Court of Justice has never ruled that Israel is committing genocide; it merely issued preliminary procedural orders while explicitly leaving the merits of the case undecided. Former ICJ President Joan Donoghue publicly clarified that the court did not decide that the accusation of genocide was plausible.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once stated that America is a "golden calf" that Israel will "suck dry" and destroy.
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Benjamin Netanyahu never made this statement; the quote is a total fabrication that originated in 2015 on an antisemitic conspiracy website and has been repeatedly debunked by independent fact-checkers.
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