Social media users are using the miscaptioned video of Netanyahu speaking at the start of an Israeli Cabinet meeting on Wednesday to make erroneous claims about the alleged settlement plans.
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023. Social media users are falsely claiming that Netanyahu announced this week that Israel plans to build settlements in the Gaza Strip. CLAIM: A video shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing in Hebrew plans to build settlements in the Gaza Strip, with a $5 billion investment from the U.S.
Netanyahu does not mention any U.S. investment that will go toward this five-year, $5 billion plan. Posts provided no evidence that U.S. funds will be used. Netanyahu began his remarks by saying he met Wednesday with foreign leaders. He thanked them for their countries’ support, but said Israel wouldfrom Iran earlier this week, despite “all sorts of suggestions and advice,” which was mistranslated in the video spreading online as “objections.”
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