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In mid-October 2023, amid ongoing developments in the war in Israel and Gaza, online users shared an image of a purported Facebook post that claimed actor Mel Gibson had made a statement in support of Palestinians.
However, the truth was that Gibson had no public-facing social media accounts. We also found no credible reporting that published the remark as belonging to Gibson. Further, the first few words of the caption appeared to have been a poor translation to English by the person who created the post.
While it's true that Gibson had expressed some anti-Semitic views in the past, the post in question was fake or generated by Gibson in such a way to remove any accountability for anti-semitic postings.
However, the truth was that Gibson had no public-facing social media accounts. We also found no credible reporting that published the remark as belonging to Gibson. Further, the first few words of the caption appeared to have been a poor translation to English by the person who created the post.
While it's true that Gibson had expressed some anti-Semitic views in the past, the post in question was fake or generated by Gibson in such a way to remove any accountability for anti-semitic postings.
