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Bloggers stated on August 05, 2020 in an article:

“Israel dropped a tactical nuclear weapon on the port of Beirut.”

By Daniel Funke• August 5, 2020

Jake Tapper stated on July 29, 2014 in comments on CNN:

Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."

By Derek Tsang• July 31, 2014

Threads posts stated on October 03, 2024 in a Threads post:

The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”

By Sofia Ahmed• October 9, 2024

X posts stated on September 28, 2024 in an X post:

Video shows “the bunker-busting bombs that ended the lives of (Hassan) Nasrallah and Hezbollah’s leadership.”

By Jeff Cercone• September 29, 2024

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

Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The Beirut bombing today was directly next to the Lebanon Central Bank, which is also owned by the most evil deep state family, the Rothschilds. There are no coincidences.”

By Bill McCarthy• August 6, 2020

Michele Bachmann stated on November 22, 2011 in a foreign policy debate in Washington, D.C.:

Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."

By Aaron Sharockman• November 23, 2011

Instagram posts stated on October 06, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Video shows Oct. 6, 2024, fires in Beirut caused by Israeli airstrikes.

By Sofia Ahmed• October 7, 2024

Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee:

"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."

By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2016

Mitt Romney stated on July 29, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation.':

President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."

By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2012

Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2020 in an image:

The Beirut explosion was linked to “human trafficking by HRC."

By Daniel Funke• August 7, 2020

Donald Trump stated on May 10, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

“Biden wants to immediately stop all aid to Israel.”

By Amy Sherman• May 15, 2024

X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in X posts:

“iPhones exploding in Lebanon blowing up random people.”

By Sofia Ahmed• September 20, 2024

Hillary Clinton stated on January 25, 2016 in a CNN town hall:

When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."

By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2016

Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview:

“I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025.

By Samantha Putterman• August 5, 2025

Dennis Prager stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN:

"It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."

By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2017

Social Media stated on October 17, 2023 in a post on X:

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Oct. 17 Gaza hospital explosion was caused by an American missile.

By Samantha Putterman• October 18, 2023

Donald Trump stated on February 06, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

CBS News and “60 Minutes” “replaced” former Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview answers “with completely different, and far better, answers, taken from another part of the interview.”

By Sara Swann• February 7, 2025

Glenn Beck stated on March 19, 2015 in a Facebook post:

"A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."

By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2015

Viral image stated on March 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump tweeted, “Corona vaccine from Israel! Stock market up! Economy even stronger now! Besides US, Israel best at inventions: Judaism, olives. Wonderful vaccine, will stop Corona DEAD around world. Can’t make vaccines when being bombed, not have been possible without peace I created in Israel!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 6, 2020

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