2023-11-02 03:41:44
Earlier, there was a strong campaign on social media that the Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his support for Palestine. Now the name of Argentinian football legend Lionel Messi is spreading on social media in connection with Israel-Hamas conflicts. Messi showed his support for Israel by holding the Israeli flag, not Palestine campaign. Let’s check the fact of this.
campaign
Lionel Messi holding the Israeli flag is the screenshot Circulating on social media. The October 26, 2023 post appeared in a FB group as a screenshot of Leo’s verified Facebook account posting a picture with an Israeli flag. The blue tick symbol of Messi’s official account can be seen at the top of the screenshot. The photo was posted with the caption, ‘God bless you Messi, we love you.’ Same screenshot Also on Twitter Many have shared.
Screenshots of tweets
The image seen in the screenshot is of Messi On the Facebook page Let’s see if there is, and if he has publicly expressed his support for Israel.
fact
The reality is that Lionel Messi did not publicly support Israel by holding the Israeli flag as seen in the screenshot. One of the results obtained when the circulating image was subjected to a reverse image search Icons.com It belonged to the Facebook page. In it, Messi is seen holding an icons.com bag and posing for a photo. It can be assumed that the current campaigns have edited and replaced this bag with the flag of Israel and created a fake screenshot. Moreover, the investigation did not find any authentic news that Messi supports Israel.
Screenshot of the original photo
Conclusion
The picture of Lionel Messi holding the Israeli flag is fake. The image is edited and prepared with the help of computer graphics.
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Last Updated Nov 2, 2023, 9:21 AM IST
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