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| IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari in Tel Aviv media briefing Oct. 16, 2023 |
Iran is as believable as the claim that a certain female Vice President is a brilliant orator.
IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari and his unit are unperturbed by the balderdash being spewed by Iran's Ministry of Bull Crap stating that several high ranking Israeli officials have announced their retirement from the IDF in spite of the war in Gaza. The reports were made on Israel's right-wing Channel 14 and was immediately reported on Iranian media.
[H/T Jerusalem Post.]
Channel 14’s Tamir Morag reported on Sunday night that several high-ranking officials in the IDF spokesperson’s unit announced their resignations around the same time amid the war.
Among them was “number two in the IDF spokesperson’s unit, Col. Shlomit Muller-Butbul,” who, according to the report, “is in the resignation process.”
“She was supposed to leave the week that the war broke out, but then, because the war broke out, she stayed a little,” an IDF source told The Jerusalem Post.
The Channel 14 report also claimed that “Moran Katz, a civilian employee of the IDF in the spokesperson’s unit at the colonel rank, quit after things didn’t work out ‘professionally and personally.’”
In reality, according to the source close to the matter, “Moran completed her contractual obligations and did not extend [her contract.]” This after over four years in her position.
Col. Tzofiya Moshkovitz was also reported as having resigned – but that's completely false.
“Tzofiya isn’t leaving at all,” the source said. “She didn’t agree to resign and is far from resigning. There is no one replacing her, and she isn’t replacing anyone. This is an outright lie.”
The report also claimed that IDF spokesperson to foreign media Col. Richard Hecht is resigning – this is true. However, the report claimed that he resigned after someone was positioned to “oversee him,” which was never the case.
Col. Merav Granot Stoller, also reported as having resigned, has simply “reached retirement age,” the source explained. "Even that wasn’t agreed upon; she simply reached the relevant age."
"Because we know the truth, we aren't phased by this report, truly," the source concluded.
Col. Merav Granot Stoller, also reported as having resigned, has simply “reached retirement age,” the source explained. "Even that wasn’t agreed upon; she simply reached the relevant age."
"Because we know the truth, we aren't phased by this report, truly," the source concluded.
Morag, the author of the report, claimed, in a post on X clarifying the report, that the media "avoids dealing with these issues because they eat out of the IDF spokesperson’s unit’s hands and depend on it."
This is completely untrue: the Israeli media uses plates and utensils to eat.
“The dependence of military reporters on the IDF spokesperson’s unit is a unique and very unhealthy phenomenon that does not exist in other fields of coverage,” Morag claimed.
“The dependence of military reporters on the IDF spokesperson’s unit is a unique and very unhealthy phenomenon that does not exist in other fields of coverage,” Morag claimed.
The false report went viral on different media sources and social media and even I was initially taken in but decided to do a check of the story.
Despite being false, the report has been shared vigorously on posts throughout social media sources, including Reddit, Threads, X, and Facebook.
Despite being false, the report has been shared vigorously on posts throughout social media sources, including Reddit, Threads, X, and Facebook.
The report has also been posted on London-based Arab media source Middle East Eye, which has over 1.6 million followers on Instagram, as well as Turkish news website TRT World, which has 2.1 million followers. [Brain Flushings . . . not so much.]
Predictably, after the fake news hit social media, the game of "Telephone" went into effect and people began altering the actual story claiming the resignations had to do with the war in Gaza.
Some have also falsely reported, such as Al Jazeera, as they so often do, that IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari himself has resigned from his position. The Al Jazeera rag since retracted their statement after tens of thousands had read it and never got to read the retraction, as is usually the case.
Some have also falsely reported, such as Al Jazeera, as they so often do, that IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari himself has resigned from his position. The Al Jazeera rag since retracted their statement after tens of thousands had read it and never got to read the retraction, as is usually the case.
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