{"id":545347,"date":"2021-05-29T14:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T18:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=545347"},"modified":"2021-05-29T14:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T18:50:27","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-mark-zuckerberg-holding-an-i-stand-with-israel-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-mark-zuckerberg-holding-an-i-stand-with-israel-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Mark Zuckerberg Holding An \u2018I Stand With Israel\u2019 Sign?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-does-this-image-show-mark-zuckerberg-holding-an-i-stand-with-israel-sign%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=545347&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wan.cina.50\/posts\/10161179267752571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg holding a sign that says \u201cI stand with ISRAEL.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7202975\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7202975\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7202975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-29-at-12.48.52-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook\/Screenshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-29-at-12.48.52-PM.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-29-at-12.48.52-PM-131x120.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-29-at-12.48.52-PM-620x570-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-29-at-12.48.52-PM-768x706-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-29-at-12.48.52-PM-1536x1411-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-29-at-12.48.52-PM-2048x1882-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7202975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The image has been digitally altered. In the original photo, the sign said, \u201cThanks!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas engaged in an armed conflict from May 10 until a ceasefire went into effect early May 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57195537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a> reported. Amid the fighting, social media users shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wan.cina.50\/posts\/10161179267752571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photo<\/a> of the Facebook CEO that appeared to show him holding a sheet of paper saying, \u201cI stand with ISRAEL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook made a public stand today on Facebook,\u201d reads text displayed above him in one iteration of the image shared May 17. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/05\/19\/fact-check-egypt-palestinian-flag-pyramids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Image Show Egypt Projecting The Palestinian Flag Onto The Pyramids?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In reality, the image has been digitally manipulated to show the words \u201cI stand with ISRAEL.\u201d TechCrunch included the original picture in a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/07\/21\/facebook-500-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2010 article<\/a> about Zuckerberg announcing Facebook had reached 500 million users. In the unaltered photo, Zuckerberg\u2019s sign simply read: \u201cThanks!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/22\/technology\/22facebook.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2010\/07\/21\/technology\/facebook_500_million\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN Money<\/a> also reported on Zuckerberg saying in a July 21, 2010 post that the social media platform had hit 500 million members. An <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100724045954\/http:\/\/blog.facebook.com\/blog.php?post=409753352130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived version<\/a> of Zuckerberg\u2019s announcement can be found on the Wayback Machine. The company put together a photo album \u201cwith our messages of thanks\u201d to show appreciation, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100724045954\/http:\/\/blog.facebook.com\/blog.php?post=409753352130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived 2010 blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg does not appear to have publicly expressed support for either Israel or Palestinian forces during their conflict this month. Check Your Fact didn\u2019t find a record of him doing so during the May 2021 conflict in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/search?q=mark%20zuckerberg%20israel%20palestine&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media reports<\/a> or in posts on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/4\/search\/?q=israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zuck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>False claims related to the May 2021 Israel-Hamas conflict have circulated widely on social media platforms, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/14\/technology\/israel-palestine-misinformation-lies-social-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/05\/21\/fact-check-animal-cruel-israelis-david-attenborough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently debunked<\/a> the viral claim that English broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough said, \u201cI am not aware of any animal that is so cruel as the Israelis.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg holding a sign that says \u201cI stand with ISRAEL.\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313493,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-29-at-12.48.52-PM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Mark Zuckerberg Holding An \u2018I Stand With Israel\u2019 Sign?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-29-at-12.48.52-PM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Mark Zuckerberg Holding An \u2018I Stand With Israel\u2019 Sign?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545347","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}