Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo Source: Arise News
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Claim: A Facebook user claims via video that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to liberate Africa.
Verdict: Misleading! Our findings reveal the footage dates back to 2016 when Netanyahu met East African leaders to discuss developments for a better future.
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On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the Facebook page “Political Affairs Int” shared a 52-second video showing Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising to liberate Africa.
“Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu Promises To Liberate Africa, As Soon As He Finishes Dealing With Palestine, He Informed Ecowas And The Rest Of The World…” the video caption reads.
As of Saturday, March 29, 2025, the clip had generated 1,400 views, 25 reactions, 13 comments, and four shares.
Meanwhile, other users posted similar videos across various social media platforms, as seen here, here, and here.
DUBAWA checked the comment section and noticed that users expressed restraint, rejecting the offer of liberation.
One user, Abdullai Babatunde, rejecting the offer, wrote, “We Africans can never associate ourselves to the false and genocidal state.”
Another user, Myke Onome, queried, “Liberate Africa, from whom? From America, your Father? Yesterday, it was Russia promising a free visa to Africans; today, it is Israel coming with another leg. Africa needs to check itself; something is honestly fishy.”
Meanwhile, Bilyaminu Gudu asserted, “We don’t need you in Africa.”
The sceptical nature of the post and the individual involved led DUBAWA to verify the post’s credibility.
Verification
DUBAWA conducted a Google Reverse Image Search on screenshots captured from the video but could not find any matching results after several attempts.
We carried out a Google keyword search on excerpts of the prime minister’s statements. This led us to similar videos posted in 2016.
DUBAWA came across a four-minute, 19-second YouTube video posted by “The Times of Israel” on July 4, 2016. In the video, Netanyahu discussed the situation with leaders of East African states at a summit. The summit’s focus was Israel’s intention to partner with African countries to secure the futures of all partnering countries from the savage system of medievalism.
During the discussion, Netanyahu quoted Theodore Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, to buttress the logic behind the partnership.
“The founder of modern Zionism, the national movement of the Jewish people, was Theodore Herzl, and he said, after I liberate the Jewish people, I will go to Africa and liberate the black people…” Netanyahu quoted Herzl.
The quote is also the same expression that the Facebook claimant shared.
Furthermore, we came across a report by gov.il on July 4, 2016, which reported similar details of the prime minister at the summit held with the East African leaders in 2016.
A similar but shorter video was also shared by @nationafrica on Jul. 5, 2016.
Conclusion
DUBAWA’s findings show that the circulating video is not recent; it has been online since 2016.
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