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  • 2021-05-12 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Netanyahu Give This Speech to Hamas? (en)
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  • In May 2021, Israel and Palestinian militants exchanged missile fire in a lethal altercation that left more than 50 people dead. As fears of an escalating war spread, so did social media posts about a speech supposedly delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he gave Hamas a 24-hour ultimatum. Here's an excerpt from the lengthy text: This speech was not delivered by Netanyahu in May 2021. In fact, it doesn't appear that these words were ever uttered by Netanyahu. The above-displayed text first started circulating on social media in 2014. At the time, three teenagers had gone missing and Netanyahu suspected that Hamas was behind the kidnappings. CNN reported at the time: In July of that year, as Israel continued their search for the three missing teenagers and their kidnappers, the above-displayed piece of text started to circulate on social media. We have not been able to find an authoritative source for this speech, nor have we been able to find any video of Netanyahu making these remarks. In some early postings, this speech was shared as if Netanyahu had published these words as an open letter to Hamas. In other postings, this text was shared as if it were a speech that Netanyahu had delivered in front of the Knesset, Israel's legislative body. The Spanish-language Jewish news website EnlaceJudio.com noted that this message originally concluded with a pseudo-disclaimer stating that Netanyahu may not be the original author of this text. When this text circulated via email and WhatsApp in 2014, it ended with a message stating (translated via Google): I don't know reliable this is. But if he said it great. If he didn’t say it I wish he had. This speech was originally posted on the sgb free thought Blogspot blog on July 8, 2014. The original version carried a similar, but more explicit disclaimer indicating that the text was a work of fiction. The author, Shaul B., ended the original post by stating and then I awoke, and it was all a dream. A week later, after this post started circulating as if it were a genuine speech delivered by Netanyahu, Shaul B. posted a confession admitting that he penned this text: These were not remarks or a speech delivered by Netanyahu in May 2021. This is a piece of copypasta that has been falsely attributed to the Israeli prime minister since 2014. (en)
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