Misleading

This image does not show the Italian football team expressing solidarity for Palestine.

The image is old and cropped from the original picture taken in September 2009. 

As the Israel-Palestine still continues, an image showing Inter Milan football players on the pitch with children holding a Palestinian flag is going viral on social media with the claim that the Italian football team expressed solidarity with Palestine before a recent match. Inter Milan is an Italian professional football (soccer) team based in Milan. 

Caption of the post states, “Italian team Inter Milan show solidarity with palatine before their game”. 

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Fact Check-

By performing a reverse image search on Google, we found the original uncropped version of this image, published in a report in 2015 on Rediff under the caption,  “Can a ‘peace match’ help Israel and Palestine?” The image was credited to Getty Images, described as “Israeli and Palestinian children with their flags.”

Upon further search, we also found the image published by the stock image website Getty Images on 23 September, 2009. The image shows children holding both Israeli and Palestinian flags.

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The caption states, “Israeli and Palestinian children of Inter camp give players a high five of FC Inter Milan before the Serie A match between FC Inter Milan and SSC Napoli at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on September 23, 2009 in Milan, Italy”.

You can see a comparison of both images below.

Thus, it is clear that the viral image does not show the Italian football team expressing solidarity for Palestine. An old image has been cropped and is being shared with a misleading claim.

Conclusion

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral image to be Misleading. The image is old and cropped. Original image shows both Israeli and Palestinian children from an Inter camp giving high-fives to Inter Milan players before their Serie A match against Napoli. It dates back to 2009.

Title:This image does not show the Italian football team expressing solidarity for Palestine.

Fact Check By: Usha Manoj

Result: Misleading

Usha Manoj

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