Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
In November last year, "reuters.com" covered a post that claimed to be a statement by actor Mel Gibson regarding the state of Israel.
The same statement, in which it is claimed that the actor predicts the end of Israel, has also been published in Albanian.
Hibrid.info found the claim published (May 18) on Facebook, from accounts with the names "Masjid Al Aqsa" and "Masjid Al Aqsa".
What is the truth?
Hibrid.info has found that the claim based on the actor's statement is incorrect.
Link to the image published by the "Al Aqsa Mosque" and "Al Aqsa Mosque" Facebook accounts:
Through the search engine, "Google.com", hibrid.info sought to find information with the alleged statement and found that it was treated and assessed as fake news, in two cases, by "Reuters" and "The Associated Press" (see here and here).
In the caption of the publication posted in Albanian, it is claimed that the actor made these comments on his social networks, but after checking and verifying by hibrid.info, it was found that Gibson does not have any verified public accounts on "Facebook", "Instagram" and "X".
The only case in which the actor appears to have spoken about the subject in question dates back to 2006, when the latter had expressed anti-Semitic comments, for which he was arrested (see here and here).
Analyze:
The claim that actor Mel Gibson has expressed on social media that Israel will come to an end is false.
Hibrid.info has found that the actor does not have a verified public account on social networks.
Therefore, based on the work methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this content as "Fraud".
Reasoning:
The “Deception” rating is given to informational content that is manipulated in terms of visual (deepfake, cheapfake), audio, or textual content to deceive the audience. This form of deception is usually used to produce false and manipulated content.