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Latest Fact-Checks In Israel

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Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on August 4, 2014 comments on her MSNBC show:
"So far, the war in Gaza has left more than 1,800 Palestinians dead -- the population equivalent to 100 9/11s."  
Mostly False
By Derek Tsang • August 7, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 4, 2014 comments to reporters:
"I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2014
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren
stated on August 2, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"So many people were critical of Secretary (John) Kerry going to Paris and talking with Hamas," because Kerry was seen as "supporting Hamas to the exclusion of the Arab League."
False
By Derek Tsang, Linda Qiu • August 4, 2014
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper
stated on July 29, 2014 comments on CNN:
Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • July 31, 2014
Rula Jebreal
Rula Jebreal
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on MSNBC:
"Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water."  
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • July 24, 2014
Rula Jebreal
Rula Jebreal
stated on July 22, 2014 comments on MSNBC:
Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official.  
Half-True
By Katie Sanders, Linda Qiu • July 24, 2014
Council for the National Interest
Council for the National Interest
stated on February 12, 2013 a billboard:
The United States gives $8 million a day to Israel and gives that country a blank check.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 6, 2013
Emergency Committee for Israel
Emergency Committee for Israel
stated on December 19, 2012 an ad:
"While President Obama says all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear Iran, Hagel says military action is not a viable, feasible, responsible option."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 8, 2013
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 a presidential debate:
"The president said he was going to create daylight between ourselves and Israel."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • October 23, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on October 11, 2012 in a debate:
Says Obama was in New York City the same day as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but went on a TV show instead of meeting with him.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 12, 2012
Emergency Committee for Israel
Emergency Committee for Israel
stated on October 9, 2012 a campaign ad:
"When Congress voted to condemn Iran for sentencing a Christian pastor to death, (U.S. Rep. Lois) Capps was the only member who voted no."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2012
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on September 24, 2012 a press release from the Mitt Romney campaign:
"President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 25, 2012
Republican Jewish Coalition
Republican Jewish Coalition
stated on September 24, 2012 an election flier :
Barack Obama "refuses to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • September 24, 2012
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
On U.S.-Israeli relations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "set the record straight — he said, our two countries have 'exactly the same policy' (and) 'our security cooperation is unprecedented.'"
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 4, 2012 comments to Fox News:
Says she was misquoted and "didn’t say" that the Israeli ambassador said "what the Republicans are doing is dangerous for Israel."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 a campaign ad:
Says Obama "refuses to recognize Jerusalem" as the capital of Israel.
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 a campaign ad:
"As president, Barack Obama has never visited Israel."
True
By Molly Moorhead • August 7, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 21, 2012 an interview on State of the State:
President Obama gave Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on February 29, 2012 a Web video advertisement:
"Under President Obama, U.S. security funding for Israel is at an all-time high."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 26, 2012 a debate in Jacksonville, Fla.:
"This president went before the United Nations and castigated Israel for building settlements. He said nothing about thousands of rockets being rained in on Israel from the Gaza Strip."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2012
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