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Search results for "Attempted arson at London synagogue is 3rd attack on Jewish site in past week"

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Fact-checks (15631)

Franklin Graham stated on October 03, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
In most Muslim countries, "We can't have a church. We're not able to build synagogues. It's forbidden."
By Robert Farley• October 6, 2010
Jeff Greene stated on August 03, 2010 in comments to the media.:
Jeff Greene on why he went Cuba.
By Aaron Sharockman• August 4, 2010
Bloggers stated on October 28, 2018 in a post on Instagram:
"A 97 year-old Holocaust survivor was killed for being Jewish yesterday. In the United States. Let that sink in."    
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 2, 2018
Viral image stated on July 18, 2024 in a Threads post:
Photo shows “Thomas Matthew Crooks wearing a quipá.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 24, 2024
Michael Savage stated on January 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Rabbi taken hostage in Texas synagogue is “anti-Zionist” who may have known gunman.
By Jeff Cercone• January 20, 2022
Newt Gingrich stated on January 30, 2012 in a town hall in Jacksonville, Fla.:
"The Obama administration ... would impose on every Catholic institution, every Jewish institution, every Protestant institution the Obamacare standard of what you have to buy as insurance." 
By Becky Bowers• January 31, 2012
X posts stated on April 13, 2025 in a post on X:
Cody Balmer, the person charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence, posted a photo that said “F--- Trump.”
By Madison Czopek• April 14, 2025
John Kerry stated on April 17, 2014 in a speech:
"In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as Jews."
By Julie Kliegman• April 18, 2014
Pipo News stated on November 11, 2017 in a headline:
"Civil war erupts in Sweden as irate Swedes burn nine Muslim refugee centers to the ground"
By Amy Sherman• November 21, 2017
Instagram posts stated on February 06, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Arson, not climate change, caused Canada’s record 2023 wildfire season.
By Jeff Cercone• February 12, 2024
Bloggers stated on October 21, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"Soros Letter Reveals Plot to ‘Take Down Borders’ with Migrant Caravan Invasions"  
By Tessa Weinberg• November 1, 2018
Mike Rogers stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. 
By Steve Contorno• June 18, 2014
Bloggers stated on July 13, 2018 in a blog post:
"An elderly British politician has been savagely beaten to a bloody pulp by a gang of anti-Trump protestors because he ‘welcomed’ the U.S. president to the United Kingdom."
By Katie Akin• July 17, 2018
X posts stated on May 22, 2025 in an X post:
The slaying of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., is a false flag.
By Maria Briceño• May 23, 2025
Instagram posts stated on December 04, 2022 in a post:
Says Hitler said Black people are the “true Hebrews.”
By Gabrielle Settles• December 6, 2022
CatholicVote stated on August 17, 2022 in an ad:
Three churches were targeted during arson attacks over the summer “because they protect unborn babies and women in need.”
By Tom Kertscher• September 1, 2022
Donald Trump stated on October 27, 2018 in a rally in Murphysboro, Ill.:
Says he didn't cancel a political rally because after Sept. 11, "the New York Stock Exchange was open the following day."
By Louis Jacobson• October 29, 2018
Viral image stated on February 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Muslim immigrants were responsible for 11,000 of 13,000 knife attacks in London in the past 12 months.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 8, 2019
Viral image stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet:
These 11 mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon.
By Jon Greenberg• March 24, 2021
Breitbart stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article:
An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
By Chris Nichols• October 20, 2017

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By Martha M. Hamilton• October 6, 2010

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