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Israel's prime minister reportedly shared a fake video from the Hallmark series 'Pandemic' and claim
Source: Business Insider
Israel's prime minister reportedly shared a fake video from the Hallmark series 'Pandemic' and claimed it as evidence that Iran was covering up its coronavirus deaths
Rosie Perper 24 hours ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly shared a clip from the 2007 Hallmark mini-series "Pandemic" and claimed it as evidence that Iran is concealing its real coronavirus death toll and is dumping dead bodies into trash piles.
According to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, Netanyahu discussed the clip during a conference call with his Cabinet ministers on Monday night, claiming that it showed Iranian soldiers loading coronavirus victims into garbage trucks and disposing of them in a ditch.
Two ministers who were on the call told Ravid that Netanyahu claimed that his national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, had initially shown him the video. Netanyahu asked Ben-Shabbat to send the clip to other curious Cabinet members. According to the report, the video had been shared by Iranians on social media last week, though Netanyahu's advisers did not check its authenticity before passing it along.
According to Ravid, Netanyahu's office did not deny that report and said that the clip had been sent to three Cabinet ministers who were told that the clip's origin could not be confirmed.
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Rosie Perper 24 hours ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly shared a clip from the 2007 Hallmark mini-series "Pandemic" and claimed it as evidence that Iran is concealing its real coronavirus death toll and is dumping dead bodies into trash piles.
According to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, Netanyahu discussed the clip during a conference call with his Cabinet ministers on Monday night, claiming that it showed Iranian soldiers loading coronavirus victims into garbage trucks and disposing of them in a ditch.
Two ministers who were on the call told Ravid that Netanyahu claimed that his national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, had initially shown him the video. Netanyahu asked Ben-Shabbat to send the clip to other curious Cabinet members. According to the report, the video had been shared by Iranians on social media last week, though Netanyahu's advisers did not check its authenticity before passing it along.
According to Ravid, Netanyahu's office did not deny that report and said that the clip had been sent to three Cabinet ministers who were told that the clip's origin could not be confirmed.
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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/netanyahu-shared-fake-tv-clip-pandemic-iran-hiding-coronavirus-deaths-2020-4
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