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Fact Check: palestinians are an ethnic group
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Fact Check: palestinians are an ethnic group

# Fact Check: "Palestinians are an ethnic group" ## What We Know The claim that "Palestinians are an ethnic group" is supported by various sources that define Palestinians as an Arab ethnonational gr...

Published March 16, 2025Updated June 18, 2025
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Fact Check: 60,000+ killed in Gaza
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Fact Check: 60,000+ killed in Gaza

# Fact Check: "60,000+ killed in Gaza" ## What We Know The claim that "60,000+ killed in Gaza" refers to the estimated death toll resulting from the ongoing conflict that escalated after the Hamas at...

Published March 16, 2025Updated June 18, 2025
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Fact Check: Many first world democracies like Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany had to deal with a significant communist terrorism threat during the latter parts of the 20th century
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Fact Check: Many first world democracies like Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany had to deal with a significant communist terrorism threat during the latter parts of the 20th century

# Fact Check: "Many first world democracies like Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany had to deal with a significant communist terrorism threat during the latter parts of the 20th century" ## What We Know T...

Published March 16, 2025Updated June 18, 2025
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Fact Check: Alyaksandar Lukashenka is a dictator
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Fact Check: Alyaksandar Lukashenka is a dictator

# Fact Check: "Alyaksandar Lukashenka is a dictator" ## What We Know Alyaksandar Lukashenka, the President of Belarus, has been widely characterized as a dictator. His regime has been marked by sever...

Published March 16, 2025Updated June 18, 2025
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Fact Check: Israel is an apartheid stat
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Fact Check: Israel is an apartheid stat

# Fact Check: "Israel is an apartheid state" ## What We Know The claim that "Israel is an apartheid state" has garnered significant attention and debate, particularly in the context of the Israeli-Pa...

Published March 16, 2025Updated June 18, 2025
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Fact Check: Islom Karimov murdered at least thousands, likely far more, in his totalitarian rule over Uzbekistan
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Fact Check: Islom Karimov murdered at least thousands, likely far more, in his totalitarian rule over Uzbekistan

# Fact Check: "Islom Karimov murdered at least thousands, likely far more, in his totalitarian rule over Uzbekistan" ## What We Know Islam Karimov ruled Uzbekistan from its independence in 1991 until...

Published March 16, 2025Updated June 18, 2025
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Fact Check: Abkhazian separatists perpetrated unspeakable crimes against humanity and atrocities in the Georgian civil war
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Fact Check: Abkhazian separatists perpetrated unspeakable crimes against humanity and atrocities in the Georgian civil war

# Fact Check: "Abkhazian separatists perpetrated unspeakable crimes against humanity and atrocities in the Georgian civil war" ## What We Know The claim that Abkhazian separatists committed "unspeaka...

Published March 16, 2025Updated June 18, 2025
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Fact Check: Communist terrorist groups like the PFLP and DFLP participated in the October 7th massacre.
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Fact Check: Communist terrorist groups like the PFLP and DFLP participated in the October 7th massacre.

# Fact Check: "Communist terrorist groups like the PFLP and DFLP participated in the October 7th massacre." ## What We Know On October 7, 2023, a coordinated attack occurred involving multiple milita...

Published March 16, 2025Updated June 18, 2025
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Fact Check: Kach was banned and designated as a terrorist organization for the cave of patriarchs massacre
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Fact Check: Kach was banned and designated as a terrorist organization for the cave of patriarchs massacre

# Fact Check: "Kach was banned and designated as a terrorist organization for the Cave of Patriarchs massacre" ## What We Know On February 25, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a member of the far-right Kach m...

Published March 16, 2025Updated June 18, 2025
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