A video purporting to show a large crowd supporting Palestine at an Irish football match has gone viral. It features people waving the Palestinian flag.
@Bsonja5 tweeted the video of the crowd waving Palestinian flag on Oct 19, 2023. She wrote that large crowds in Ireland support Palestine during the football match. She further added “Stop #Gazagenocide Stop #ApartheidIsrael WAR CRIMINALS” in relation to the ongoing conflict. The archive can be read from above.
🇵🇸 JUST-IN: Huge crowd during a football match show support for Palestine in Ireland.
— Sonja 🔻🇵🇸🇮🇷🇸🇾🇷🇺 🇾🇪🔻 (@Bsonja5) October 18, 2023
Stop #Gazagenocide
Stop #ApartheidIsrael WAR CRIMINALS
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Is the Video from a Irish Football Match from Ireland? : Fact
The video in question originates from Morocco, not Ireland, and shows supporters of Palestine waving the Palestinian flag during a football match between Raja Casablanca and Moghreb Tétouan on October 9, 2023, at the Mohammed V Football Stadium in Casablanca. Irish football match is not relevant to this at all.
Check out the full video here:
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) October 24, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video of a crowd waving the Palestinian flag has been shared, claiming a vast crowd showing support for Palestine during a football match in Ireland. The fact is that this video is not from Ireland but Morocco, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/vhPNHf4JYz
Intent:
In an attempt to overshadow the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, social media influencers are spreading videos from Morocco that purport to be from Irish Football match, Ireland.
Conclusion:
Claim: There has been a lot of support for Palestine during an Irish football match, according to a video that has gone viral of fans waving the Palestinian flag.
Fact: The video was captured in Morocco on October 9, 2023, during a football match between Raja Casablanca and Moghreb Tétouan at the Mohammed V Football Stadium.
