Viral video shows US Prez Biden visited Israel amid Israel Palestine Conflict
As US President Joe Biden leaves for Israel to express solidarity with the civilians amid an intensifying war situation between Israel and Hamas, a video is going viral on social media platforms showing Biden has already arrived in Israel with the claim stating that the leaders of 57 Muslim countries are busy protesting in this current scenario.
Claim made through viral video
Sharing a video on X (Twitter), a user named Saurabh Singh claimed: “USA President Joe Biden arrived at Israel And the leaders of 57 Muslim countries are still busy in protesting. Palestine | Gaza | Hamas”
Claim made by another user
Another user named Ghazanfar GS also shared this video making a similar claim.
Fact-Check
To verify the authenticity of the viral video, the DFRAC team converted the viral video into some keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google.
Video found on YouTube Channel
We found a similar video on a YouTube channel named Shiezoli with the Title: “President Biden Arrival Ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport”. Moreover, the video was uploaded a year ago, mentioning: ”US President Joe Biden reaffirmed his Zionism and the strong ties between the US and Israel in his remarks upon landing in Israel on Wednesday. “You need not be a Jew to be Zionist,” Biden said, repeating past comments to which Lapid referred in his remarks at Ben-Gurion Airport.” in its description.
What did the Media reports say?
Upon further investigation, the team also found some media reports from The Times of Israel and Reuters, stating U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Israel to kick off a high-stakes trip to the Middle East and bring Israel and Saudi Arabia closer together.
According to a news published by ‘The Times of Israel’ on July 13, 2022, US President Joe Biden departed Washington for the Middle East on Tuesday night Biden was set to touch down at Ben-Gurion airport on Wednesday afternoon local time. There he will kick off a four-day trip to Israel, the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia aimed at further solidifying bilateral ties with Jerusalem, providing assurances to the Palestinians that his administration is still proactively committed to the two-state solution.
Moreover, News agency Reuters published a news article on July 13, 2022, with the headline: “Biden en route to Israel for high-stakes Middle East visit”. In this news, Reuters stated: “U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in Israel on Wednesday to kick off a high-stakes trip to the Middle East dominated by efforts to persuade Gulf allies to pump more oil and bring Israel and Saudi Arabia closer together. Biden will spend two days in Jerusalem for talks with Israeli leaders before meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday in the occupied West Bank”.
Conclusion
DFRAC’s Fact-Check proves that the viral video showing the US President already arrived in Israel amid a war-like situation is completely misleading since the viral video dates back to the year 2022 when he visited Israel during his Four-day trip to the Middle East.
