A Facebook social media account named "Juamin Velija" published a video of a protest on February 9, claiming that the footage was of a protest in Hamburg, Germany, in support of Palestine.
The same claim was also shared by the Albanian-language content site “The Reis”, which was followed by reactions from the Albanian-speaking audience. (see here)
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the claim that these protests are in support of Palestine is untrue and that in fact the protests were organized against the far right in Germany.
Link to the video published by the "Juamin Velija" account:
Hibrid.info has found the article from the French agency "AFP" that dealt with the same video distributed on foreign accounts. (see here)
According to AFP, these images are not related to the war and were taken from "German news program Tagesschau taken at a January 19 protest against the AfD party, which is second in national polls and leading in several eastern regions."
Screenshot from the article published by the French agency "AFP"
The article covered by this agency also includes a photo of the January 19 protests against the AfD party, which was published by the Hamburg Senate on the social network "X", which shows that these protests are not related to the recent events in Gaza. (see here)
This claim is being addressed by the hibrid.info team due to the timing of publication and the possibility of inaccurate information for the Albanian-speaking audience, as the claim comes at a time of ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel. (see here and here)
Hibridi.info has previously covered similar claims regarding protests organized for the current conflict between these two countries. (see here, here and here)
Analyze:
Through footage from a protest held in Hamburg, Germany, a Facebook account falsely claims to be footage of a protest in support of Palestine.
Hibrid.info has found the article from the French agency "AFP", which explains that these images are of a protest against the far right in Germany and that they are not related to support for Palestine.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info rates this article as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The "Unverified" rating is given to those informative contents that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which could not be verified due to certain circumstances (speed, lack of sources) during the publication of the content.