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2023-11-11 02:21:50 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D2CAF4C926BD951136D64FFF649C4E2C204A70780AC213226EA1A95EC3AF1D16
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Saleh Aljafarawi aka "Mr Fafo" is a social media influencer documenting the Israel-Hamas conflict from Gaza: https://www.instagram.com/saleh_aljafarawi/ Claims he is a "crisis actor" have been repeatedly debunked: https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-misinformation-fact-check-e58f9ab8696309305c3ea2bfb269258e https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/injured-teenager-who-lost-his-leg-misidentified-social-media-2023-10-27/ https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/11/01/pallywood-gazans-are-falsely-accused-of-staging-injury-and-death-online The "Pallywood" conspiracy theory has also been repeatedly debunked: https://fullfact.org/news/gaza-egypt-bodies-protest/ https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-israel-hamas-gaza-crisis-actors-131062994735 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/what-is-pallywood-palestinians-falsely-accused-faking-devastation-1234869765/ https://thewire.in/world/fact-check-unedited-footage-debunks-israeli-propaganda-on-shrouded-corpse
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