video Shared by Xpreviously claimed on Twitter that Russian President Vladimir Putin was ignoring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at recent events.

🚨🇷🇺🇮🇱Russian President Putin ignores shaking hands with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. pic.twitter.com/gmU9N6yy6k

— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) February 4, 2024

Verdict: False

The original video, shared by AFP on YouTube in 2020, shows Putin sitting at the World Holocaust Forum. Another video from the same event shows President Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu hugging.

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The caption of the X-video reads: “Russian President Putin ignores handshake with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.” In the video clip, which has been viewed more than 3 million times, Putin appears to ignore Netanyahu and instead shake hands with French President Emmanuel Macron.

However, this claim is false. The original video is AFP shared on YouTube in 2020, showing President Putin seated at the World Holocaust Forum. The video shows Putin shaking hands with Macron before sitting next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at the 5th World Holocaust Forum to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the World War II death camp where the Nazis murdered more than 1.1 million people. “He took a seat among the assembled world leaders, most of whom were Jewish,” the video description reads.

Similarly, another video of the event, Also shared on YouTube, President Putin is shown hugging Prime Minister Netanyahu. The exchange between the two leaders takes place around 7 minutes and 49 seconds into the video, and is preceded by President Putin's remarks. According to the title of the video, Putin inaugurated the Leningrad Monument in Jerusalem as part of the event.

Additionally, we found “Check the facts” There are no reliable reports This suggests that President Putin allegedly ignored Prime Minister Netanyahu at recent events. In fact, the opposite is true. Misbar, The Quintand logical facts All labeled the claims made in the viral X clip as false. (Related article: Did Greg Abbott say Biden should learn from Putin?)

moreover, kremlin or Prime Minister Netanyahu released a statement commenting on the allegations.

Check Your Fact has reached out to the Kremlin for comment and will update this article accordingly.