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Is Benjamin Netanyahu attacked in the Israeli Parliament? Know the truth

Benjamin Netanyahu was not attacked in the Israeli Parliament

International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant over war crimes recently. Following this, a viral video emerged showing Netanyahu being attacked and beaten up in the Israeli parliament by MPs.

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Fact Check- 

When we checked there are no credible reports or news sources confirming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was attacked or beaten up by Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Israeli Knesset (parliament).

Next, we started our investigation with a reverse image search on Google and the results led us to a video uploaded on the Associated Press YouTube channel in January 2013. The video shows Bulgarian police detaining a man who pointed a gas pistol at a Turkish minority party leader during a speech at a party caucus in Sofia. 

Moving forward, we found news reports by The Guardian on the incident identified the gunman as one ‘Oktai Enimehmedov.’ “Police now say Enimehmedov was holding a gas pistol that was loaded with pepper spray, with two other “bullets” being simply noisemakers. He pointed the gun at Dogan’s head during a party congress in the capital, Sofia, but failed to shoot, the report stated. 

we have also found a report on CNN that provides further context to the incident. The video footage from CNN shows a gunman attempting to shoot the leader of Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Dogan, during a national conference in 2013. 

The gunman, who had mounted the stage where Dogan was delivering his speech, pointed a gas pistol at him. However, no shots were fired, and the situation was quickly brought under control by security personnel. 

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A video and news report about Bulgarian police detaining a man who mounted a stage and pointed a gas pistol at an ethnic Turkish party leader have been also widely shared and published by major international news outlets. You can them here and here.

The original video shows Bulgarian police detaining a man after he pointed a gas pistol at a Turkish minority party leader while he was delivering a speech at a party caucus in the capital, Sofia, back in January 2013

Conclusion- 

Fact crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be Misleading. A fragment of footage of Benjamin Netanyahu on a podium has been combined with an old film of an attack on a Bulgarian leader in 2013 to falsely indicate that the Israeli PM was thrashed in Parliament.

Title:Is Benjamin Netanyahu attacked in the Israeli Parliament? Know the truth

Fact Check By: Usha Manoj

Result: Misleading

Usha Manoj

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