Las Vegas (Agence France-Presse fact-checking service)
Did British singer Adele raise the Palestinian flag at her concert?
Several cities around the world are witnessing demonstrations in solidarity with the besieged Gaza Strip fighting Between the Israeli army, which penetrated by land into the northern Gaza Strip, and Hamas fighters, in light of a humanitarian tragedy.
In this context, a video spread that was said to show international star Adele carrying the Palestinian flag at one of her concerts.
The video shows British singer Adele singing in the middle of a stage and wearing a flag with white and green colors visible.
The publishers commented, “Adele raises the Palestinian flag at her concert.”
Screen capture on November 16, 2023 from Instagram
The war in Gaza
This video has spread, garnering hundreds of thousands of views in Arabic on Facebook, the
On Thursday, the Israeli army announced “operational control” of the Gaza port, a major part of the infrastructure in the Strip, and said that “all buildings in the marina area” had been cleared.
Flag of Mexico
However, the flag that Adele carried is not the Palestinian flag.
The search for the video was guided after it was cut into similar videos published on October 1, 2023, which firstly denies that it is related to the ongoing war in Gaza.
The accompanying comments stated that the video is from a concert by the British singer last September 30, as part of her weekly tour in Las Vegas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3NXMlRNRNU
Upon further research, a longer version of the viral video could be found posted on… The YouTube The Mexican flag was clearly visible, not the Palestinian flag.
Screen capture on November 16, 2023 from YouTube
The “Technology for Peace” platform, which specializes in refuting misleading news, previously verified the video.
2023-11-23 06:10:08
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