{"id":549302,"date":"2021-06-02T11:20:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549302"},"modified":"2021-06-02T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:20:27","slug":"fact-check-slammed-and-smacked-and-twittered-a-lot-by-the-anti-israel-side-did-mick-jagger-make-this-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-slammed-and-smacked-and-twittered-a-lot-by-the-anti-israel-side-did-mick-jagger-make-this-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: \u2018Slammed And Smacked And Twittered A Lot By The Anti-Israel Side\u2019 \u2013 Did Mick Jagger Make This Statement?"},"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\">40<\/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-slammed-and-smacked-and-twittered-a-lot-by-the-anti-israel-side-did-mick-jagger-make-this-statement%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=549302&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1172933402-scaled-e1622505071635.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bernard.baum\/posts\/10223906756289770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger made a statement announcing a concert in Israel in response to criticism from \u201cthe anti-Israel side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Jagger actually said the quote. It is a version of a fabricated statement published in a 2013 \u201cPurim prank\u201d article by a news website.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jagger co-founded The Rolling Stones in 1962, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songhall.org\/profile\/Mick_Jagger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Songwriters Hall of Fame<\/a>. The image in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bernard.baum\/posts\/10223906756289770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 30 Facebook post<\/a> attributes a statement to Jagger that reads: \u201cWe\u2019ve been slammed and smacked and Twittered a lot by the anti-Israel side; all I can say is: Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. So we decided to add a concert in Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One iteration of the image has garnered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/152479410113324\/permalink\/156517779709487\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nearly 600 shares<\/a> as of press time. It has circulated following the violent conflict last month between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas that, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/gaza-truce-between-israel-hamas-begins-mediated-by-egypt-2021-05-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>, resulted in the deaths of over 200 people in Gaza and at least 13 people in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact didn\u2019t find any record of Jagger making the statement in question. The quote appears on neither <a href=\"https:\/\/rollingstones.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Rolling Stones\u2019 website<\/a> nor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mickjagger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his personal one<\/a>. There are no instances of the supposed comment in Jagger\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=We%27ve%20been%20slammed%20and%20smacked%20(from%3AMickJagger)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mickjaggerofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=We%27ve%20been%20slammed%20and%20smacked%20(from%3ARollingStones)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">those<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/therollingstones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">of the band<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>National and local media outlets also do not appear to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Mick+Jagger+%22We%27ve+been+slammed+and+smacked+and+Twittered+a+lot+by+the+anti-Israel+side%22&#038;ei=pnC1YJiDDuXk5NoPvfGi8Aw&#038;oq=Mick+Jagger+%22We%27ve+been+slammed+and+smacked+and+Twittered+a+lot+by+the+anti-Israel+side%22&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANQkQ5YkQ5gsxBoAXAAeACAAagBiAHoAZIBAzEuMZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&#038;sclient=gws-wiz&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiY7pHxiPXwAhVlMlkFHb24CM4Q4dUDCA4&#038;uact=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have quoted<\/a> Jagger as making the statement attributed to him in the image.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/05\/31\/fact-check-military-action-israel-hamas-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show Military Action In The 2021 Israel-Hamas Conflict?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Rolling Stones played their first-ever concert in Israel in June 2014, despite some pro-Palestinian activists and some musicians urging them not to, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/rolling-stones-to-perform-in-israel-despite-pressure-from-pink-floyd-members-to-cancel\/2014\/06\/04\/29f2df78-eb42-11e3-b10e-5090cf3b5958_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/rolling-stones-rock-tel-aviv-in-first-ever-israel-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Times of Israel<\/a>. Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/rollingstones.com\/tour\/https:\/\/rollingstones.com\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">didn\u2019t find<\/a> any evidence the band announced tour dates in Israel for 2021 on its website.<\/p>\n<p>The fake quote appears to stem from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishpress.com\/special-features\/purim\/defying-boycotts-jagger-stones-to-honor-israels-65th-birthday\/2013\/02\/24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feb. 24, 2013 Jewish Press article<\/a> that ended with the line: \u201cThis has been a Purim prank\u2026\u201d Pulling pranks is customary during the Jewish holiday of Purim, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ajn.timesofisrael.com\/azerbaijans-jews-postpone-purim-events-in-deference-to-national-memorial-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Australian Jewish News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishpress.com\/special-features\/purim\/defying-boycotts-jagger-stones-to-honor-israels-65th-birthday\/2013\/02\/24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">satirical article<\/a> told the fictional story about The Rolling Stones confirming that they would perform a concert in Jerusalem on Israel\u2019s April 15 Independence Day in 2013. Jagger was jokingly quoted in the satirical article as saying that the band had decided to play another show the following day after being \u201cslammed and smacked and twittered a lot by the anti-Israeli side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reached out to Jagger\u2019s representation for comment and will update this article if a response is provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook claims The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger made a statement announcing a concert in Israel in response to criticism from \u201cthe anti-Israel side.\u201dVerdict: False There &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278897,"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\/06\/GettyImages-1172933402-scaled-e1622505071635.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: \u2018Slammed And Smacked And Twittered A Lot By The Anti-Israel Side\u2019 \u2013 Did Mick Jagger Make This Statement?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1172933402-scaled-e1622505071635.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: \u2018Slammed And Smacked And Twittered A Lot By The Anti-Israel Side\u2019 \u2013 Did Mick Jagger Make This Statement?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549302","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=549302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}