Fact-check: Posts mislead about Pakistan during Iran-Israel war

Multiple online posts are sharing claims regarding Pakistan after Israel attacked Iran on June 13, following which Iran launched retaliatory strikes.

Claim

A 41-second video clip of the American President Donald J. Trump is being shared online which supposedly shows Trump saying that Pakistan threatened to attack Israel if it continues to strike Iran.

Trump can then allegedly be heard advising Pakistan to stay out of the Israel-Iran war.

Fact

The claim is false. The viral clip predates the recent Israel-Iran war and has been manipulated to include a mention of Pakistan.

A reverse image search traced the original footage to May 30, which predates Israel’s attack on Iran. On May 30, the US president held a press conference at the White House with businessman Elon Musk. The 52-minute press conference can be viewed here, where Trump talks about a wide range of issues related to the United States. The only time he mentions Pakistan is at the timestamp 13:00, where he thanks the leaders of India and Pakistan for helping end a conflict between the two countries in May.

Additionally, Anees Qureshi, from Bytes for All, used an AI detection tool to determine the authenticity of the video and audio. The tools found that the audio was 99.8% likely to be AI-generated. “This means that the voice attributed to Donald Trump was synthetically produced and not his actual voice,” he told Geo Fact Check.

Claim

A video is being shared on social media claiming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a recent televised address that in the past, Israel made a “mistake” by allowing Pakistan to go nuclear. “We had the opportunity to stop Pakistan… However, in the case of Iran we will not repeat this mistake,” he allegedly added.

Fact

The claim is false. A June 13 press talk by the Israeli prime minister was digitally manipulated to make it appear as though he was criticising Pakistan’s nuclear program following his attack on Iran on the same day.

A reverse image search traced the footage to a televised address by the Israeli prime minister aired on June 13, which shows the same background as in the viral video. At no point during the speech does Benjamin Netanyahu mention Pakistan.

The original video address can be viewed on the official website of the Israeli government. Geo Fact Check also checked the other televised addresses of the Israeli PM since June 13 and did not find any such statement regarding Pakistan.

Verdict: Neither did US President Trump say he advised Pakistan to stay out of the Iran-Israel war and nor did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticise Pakistan’s nuclear program in a recent media talk.

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