Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a parliamentary democracy in the Middle East, on the south-eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, Egypt and the Gaza Strip on the southwest, and the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea to the south. In its Basic Laws Israel defines itself as a Jewish and Democratic State.
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Is Israel's Air Defense System, Iron Dome, 90% successful?
According to New York Times, March 20 about Israel's Air Defense System, Iron Dome:
Israeli officials initially claimed success rates of up to 90 percent.
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But a growing chorus of weapons experts in the United States and in Israel say their…
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Did the IDF inflate the numbers of rocket casualties?
According to a 2012 blog article at Mondoweiss, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were exaggerating the numbers of deaths from Hamas rockets: (abbreviated)
Number of rocket/mortar fatalities by year, 2006–2011
IDF claim Established
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Who fired the rocket that hit al-Shifa Hospital and playground in Gaza on July 28, 2014?
There are conflicting claims of who was responsible for a rocket attack on an outpatient clinic at the al-Shifa hospital and a nearby playground in Gaza on July 28, 2014
The Israeli Defence Force claimed it was Palestinian terrorists.
Sky News says…
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Does the Pepsi brand name stand for "pay every penny to save Israel"?
Is this how the name Pepsi was formed?
Example of the claim
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Did a Hamas official claim that 50 of 62 fatalities in Gaza on 14 May 2018 were Hamas-affiliated?
We have in, e.g. this CNN article the following quote of Hamas official Salah al-Bardawil:
"In the last round [of demonstrations] 62 people were martyred; 50 of them are from Hamas and 12 from the people," al-Bardaweel replied, adding, "I am…
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Did Palestinians from the PA with family reunification based IDs engage in terror activities, pre-2003?
While answering this Q, I ran into the following claim by Israeli government, cited by a Haaretz article "Gov't seeks to extend order that can curb Arab family reunification"
... on the grounds of "increasing involvement by Palestinians from the…
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Was Theodor Herzl a self-confessed atheist?
I'm watching a Youtube video that explains the Israel-Palestine situation, and at this point the journalist/narrator says that Theodor Herzl, known as the father of Zionism or at least a chief proponent, was a Hungarian atheist.
This surprised me…
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Did pro-Israel Americans convince the U.S. to initiate the Iraq War?
In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq, which initiated the Iraq War.
I've seen several people claim that pro-Israel Americans pushed the US to initiate this war, all referencing a June 2005 article "War for Israel" on MiddleEast.org.
This article…
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Did Iranian state TV say that the drone attack on the tanker in July 2021 was in retaliation for an Israeli strike?
CNN claimed that the Iranian state media has taken credit for a deadly drone attack on a tanker connected to a "Israeli billionaire" going so far as to say it was "retaliation" for an Israeli attack in Syria. You can read that claim in this article…
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Is information about Israel/Palestine in this infographic accurate?
I found this infographic shared on Twitter:
https://www.visualizingpalestine.org/visuals/identity-crisis-the-israeli-id-system#&gid=1&pid=1
The infographic depicts the different status of the population of Israel/Palestine.
However, no so much…
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Did the ban on Israeli travellers postdate the construction of Israeli settlements which displaced Palestinians?
From a comment by Amnesty International Australia's Facebook account, since deleted, with a screenshot having 212 retweets and 235 likes (text courtesy of the Algemeiner)
The countries that banned the passport have done so for a reason. They are…
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Has Israel broken over 60 UN resolutions?
The following meme claims:
Israel has broken 65 UN resolutions with no consequences. Iraq broke
two, got invaded, bombed and destroyed.
Has Israel broken over 60 UN resolutions?
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Did the Palestinian Authority exaggerate their census numbers by 50%?
A claim is here:
In 1997, the PA published census figures that exaggerated its population figures in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Jerusalem by nearly 50 percent. The PA double counted Arab Jerusalemites, included hundreds of thousands of emigrants to…
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Is this infographic about Palestinian loss of land since 1947 accurate?
I've come across this infographic a few times on social media, most recently in this widely shared Facebook post:
Here is a larger version of the infographic:
Are the borders in it largely accurate?
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Is Israel exporting 100s-of-Millions, or Billions, USD of arms per year?
A multi-annual chart on the "trading economies website suggests Israeli arms exports have a "total insurable value" of hundreds of millions of USD per year.
However, this story on the global defense corp site suggests arms exports are in the…
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