Fact-Check: This Video Doesn't Show Saudi Sheikh Praising Israel PM Netanyahu

A video of Prime Minister enthusiastically speaking to a man on a video call is being widely shared on social media.

The claim: The video is being shared to claim that it shows a Saudi Arabian sheikh “praising” Netanyahu for “eliminating terrorists.”

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But…?: The claim is misleading. 

• The video dates back to December 2019 and shows a blogger Mohammed Saud expressing support for Netanyahu, wishing him luck to win the Likud Party’s leadership elections back then.

How did we find out the truth?: We used InVID, a video verification on extension tool on Google Chrome, and divided the video into multiple keyframes.

• We ran a reverse image search on Google, which led us to the same video on Lebanese news outlet s verified YouTube channel.

• The video was uploaded in December 2019 and its description identified the person on the phone as one Mohammed Saud.

The video was shared on 27 December 2019.

• We also came across an article carrying a screenshot of the viral video on Moroccan news website , which mentioned that Saud was a blogger from Saudi Arabia who had contacted Netanyahu days after the latter’s political party’s elections for a party leader took place.

• It also carried a link to a now-deleted X post shared by Saud on his account.

This is a translated version of the report.

We looked for the post on Wayback Machine, an internet archiving platform, and found that with a caption appreciating Netanyahu.

We found an archived version of the X post.

Conclusion: An old video of a Saudi blogger and Netanyahu speaking on a video call is being shared with the false claim that it shows a sheikh supporting Netanyahu’s actions.

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