This video has been circulating online since at least June 2022, and was most likely filmed in Israel.
Amid the arrival of numerous pilgrims from Israel to Ukraine to celebrate the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, a video is spreading online showing several Hasidic pilgrims allegedly tearing down Ukrainian flags from a flagpole and throwing them into the trash. In place of the Ukrainian flags, they raise the Israeli flag. At the end of the video, a man who threw the Ukrainian flag into the trash says in Russian, «This is Israel, baby.»
«Now in our Uman, young Jewish guys are threatening Ukrainians, saying they will soon cut them up and play football with their heads. And two days ago, Jews in Uman tore down our flag and raised their own,» some users commented on the video.
However, this video was not filmed in Ukraine and is not related to current events.
Using reverse image search in Yandex, StopFake established that this video has been circulating online since at least June 2022. The video has been predominantly shared by Russian propaganda outlets and anonymous Telegram channels.
On many platforms where this video appeared, it is claimed that it was filmed in Israel, where «local residents», displeased with the presence of Ukrainian flags on the streets, replaced them with Israeli symbols.
It is known that this year Uman hosted more than 30,000 pilgrims. Security in the city was monitored not only by Ukrainian law enforcement but also by Israeli police officers who came to Ukraine to ensure order during the celebration of the Jewish New Year.
It is important to note that such fakes about Ukrainian antisemitism or the deliberately bad attitude of Jews to Ukrainians are not uncommon. Previously, StopFake debunked false information claiming that Hasidic Jews had allegedly raped an underage girl in Uman.
