US EditionVideo Shows No Arrest of Gringo Pilots for Refusing to Carry Weapons to Israel
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A video of alleged U.S. pilots being arrested after refusing to fly to Israel is shared in TikTok. But Fast Check described this as #Tricky. Those appearing on the record are actually veterans who broke into the Senate accusing their members of being accomplices to the genocide in Gaza, not current military. The post “U.S. Air Force Pilots Arrested and Sent to Military Prison for Refusing to Fly Planes to Israel”: #Cheated first on Fast Check .
A video shows a man and woman dressed as soldiers being handcuffed and expelled by police officers from a room. The recording reads that these are gringo pilots “who refuse to fly armed planes to Israel” (1 and 2). But it is misleading. The video actually shows the arrest of two retired U.S. military personnel who protested in favor of Palestine during an audience of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Detector of Lies found that on…
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