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PM removes post falsely claiming Arabs cheered during memorial for slain teens

3 May 2018, 3:54 pm Edit

A discredited video purporting to show Arab soccer fans disrupting a minute of silence to honor the 10 teens killed in flash floods last week is removed from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Facebook page.

Last week, Netanyahu posted a news story from the right-wing Israel National News website claiming Bnei Sakhnin fans whistled and booed during a minute silence held before a league match Saturday against Hapoel Ra’anana, calling it an “utter disgrace.”

But on Sunday, the Israeli soccer league and members of the opposing team confirmed there was no disruption by fans of the Bnei Sakhnin club during the memorial at the team’s home stadium.

Reports in Hebrew-language media noted that it took Netanyahu and his team a full five days to remove the false content from his profile after both the league and eyewitnesses determined the story was untrue.

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