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On March 12, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his first press conference since the U.S. and Israel first attacked Iran. Some social media users doubted the authenticity of the video address, and led them to question whether Netanyahu was still alive.

In the image, Netanyahu is pointing with both hands, and social media users said his right hand appears to have six fingers.

But upon closer look at the video, Netanyahu’s hands looked normal. A trick of light likely made part of his palm appear to be an extra finger.

Gonna use this one at the bank. "It might initially look like I owe you guys $100.000, but upon closer look you will realise that is merely a trick of the light.

He gestured with his hands a lot and no irregularities appeared.

No irregularities appeared, which is why people observed irregularities.
His right hand (viewers left) does weird stuff and has artifacts the other hand doesn't a couple of times. From 5:28 in the briefing:

A video of Netanyahu’s press conference doesn’t prove he is dead. We rate this claim Pants on Fire!

They must hire people directly from reddit to write for them. This is the most basic bad-faith smuglord trick in the book. The claim isn't that the video proves he's dead, the claim is it looks like he has an extra finger, which it does.

Anyway you can also just watch the press briefing itself, if you want to harm yourself for some reason - youtube

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You don't need to trust the deboonkerinos at politifact, just examine it critically without trying to see what you wish was true.

Im getting really sick of repeating myself here. If you're gonna talk down to me, at least make sure you're condescending about what my stance is.

[–] trompete@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I read all your comments here now and I get your point I think. I still do not agree that this is an especially stupid article, except for the typical annoying debunking style.

I don't see any artifacts in the thumbnail, that to me looks like an optical illusion. The blurriness in the other pic is an artifact, but there's nothing weird about it, that has existed since the advent of photography, and, more importantly, I still only see five blurry fingers there, not six.

So the article seems fine to me on that front, they do not need to give you an explanation other than "if you look closely there not six fingers". That's exactly what it looks like to me. One does not need to acknowledge or explain any digital artifacts to come to that conclusion.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Alright, guess we gotta agree to disagree. The video is full of different digital artifacts, so I don't know what to say.