{"id":2284583,"date":"2024-06-27T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-video-claims-to-show-netanyahu-watching-hezbollah-leaders-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:05:56","slug":"fact-check-video-claims-to-show-netanyahu-watching-hezbollah-leaders-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-video-claims-to-show-netanyahu-watching-hezbollah-leaders-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Video Claims To Show Netanyahu Watching Hezbollah Leader\u2019s Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-video-claims-to-show-netanyahu-watching-hezbollah-leaders-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2284583&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An image shared online purported to depict\u200b Israeli\u2064 Prime Minister Benjamin\u200c Netanyahu\u2062 watching a speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. However,\u200c the claim was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">fact-checked<\/a> and \u2063found\u200c to be false. \u200dThe image\u200d of Netanyahu actually dates back to\u2064 2020 \u200band does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">show<\/a> him \u2062watching Nasrallah&#8217;s speech. Additionally, recent political \u2062developments mentioned in the context\u200b include a warning\u200c by the United States to Hezbollah about a potential Israeli attack, with the U.S. expressing its readiness to defend Israel in such a scenario.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeylaRostami\/status\/1803867549400207406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/x.com\/LeylaRostami\/status\/1803867549400207406&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1719503554546000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0iRM7KGxDjvXV-C-cwnzt5\"><span id=\"m_-5744184723951104811mt-tracked-link_2_1719413421785\"><\/span>shared on X<\/a> claims to show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu watching Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Netanyabou Watching Sayyed Nasrollah\u2019s speech!!!! \ud83d\ude0e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BCxZaD0m9p\">pic.twitter.com\/BCxZaD0m9p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LEYLA (@LeylaRostami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeylaRostami\/status\/1803867549400207406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image of Netanyahu is from 2020, not recent. It does not show Netanyahu watching a Nasrallah speech.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The United States warned Hezbollah that it would not stop an Israeli attack, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/24\/us-hezbollah-israel-attack-conflict-00164761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>. The U.S. also said it would defend Israel in case Hezbollah retaliates, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users are claiming to show Netanyahu watching a Hezbollah speech. One user wrote, \u201cNetanyabou Watching Sayyed Nasrollah\u2019s speech!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This claim is false. Through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-this-is-not-matt-gaetzs-actual-senior-photo-from-high-school\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: No, This Is Not Matt Gaetz\u2019s Actual Senior Photo From High School\">reverse image search<\/a>, Check Your Fact found that it shows Netanyahu speaking to European leaders, not watching Hezbollah\u2019s secretary-general speak. The image was published in a Times of Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/netanyahu-expresses-concern-over-virus-reinfection-in-call-with-world-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPM Netanyahu speaking to European leaders during a videoconference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, March 9, 2020,\u201d reads the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-shutting-down-facial-recognition-system-citing-societal-concerns\/\" title=\"Facebook Shutting Down Facial Recognition System, Citing \u2018Societal Concerns\u2019\">image description<\/a> on the Times of Israel article.<\/p>\n<p>The image of Nasrallah is likely from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SsvgLuIaDgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 2023 speech<\/a>. The image from the X post appears to match the video of Nasrallah speak.<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SsvgLuIaDgs?si=_Zfjz8zC6MRDQNOM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact did not find any images that show Netanyahu watching a Nasrallah speech recently.\u00a0 Logically Facts and <a href=\"https:\/\/misbar.com\/en\/factcheck\/2024\/06\/25\/image-of-netanyahu-watching-nasrallahs-speech-is-digitally-altered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MisBar<\/a> also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logicallyfacts.com\/en\/fact-check\/fake-edited-image-shared-as-netanyahu-watching-hezbollah-secretary-general-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> the claim. <span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/06\/21\/fact-check-fact-checking-trumps-claim-that-the-us-left-85-billion-worth-of-equipment-in-afghanistan\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Fact-Checking Trump\u2019s Claim That The US Left $84 Billion Worth Of Equipment In Afghanistan)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo on X purports to depict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu watching a speech by Hezbollah&#8217;s Hassan Nasrallah. However, this claim is false. The image, dating back to 2020, does not show Netanyahu viewing Nasrallah&#8217;s speech. Fact-checkers have debunked the misleading post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2284584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1246466469-1-scaled-e1718892349418.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29362],"tags":[13420,24658,6524,4554,4440],"class_list":["post-2284583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-caller","tag-fact-check","tag-hezbollah","tag-netanyahu","tag-speech","tag-video"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1246466469-1-scaled-e1718892349418.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}