The document circulating online is fake. This is evidenced by the many errors in the so-called passport, in particular, the misspelled Hebrew name, surname, nationality and birth place of Olena Zelenska, as well as the validity period of the document.
Some social media users are posting a photo of the “passport of an Israeli citizen” that the wife of the Ukrainian President, Olena Zelenska, allegedly received during her work trip to Israel.
“Olena Zelenska combined the pleasant with the useful. During her visit to Israel, she received an Israeli passport… Preparations are underway…”, the publications say.
However, this passport is a fake. This is evidenced by numerous errors in the text of the alleged document.
StopFake journalists reached out to a native Hebrew speaker for a comment, who assured us that almost all the columns in Hebrew – first name, last name, nationality and place of birth – are misspelled. You can easily verify this yourself by comparing the name and surname of Zelenska from the so-called document with her Hebrew name listed in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
As you can see, the creators of the fake document did not take into account the fact that words in Hebrew are written and read from right to left, and not the other way around, as in a fake passport. This fact indirectly indicates that the creators of this forgery may be native speakers of the language where words are written and read from left to right.
This error also applies to the spelling of birth place and nationality in Hebrew (this word, among other things, also has a letter missing). In general, those who created the fake were able to correctly write in Hebrew only the name of the city where the passport was allegedly issued – Jerusalem.
Another gross mistake is the date of expiration of the passport – June 18, 2023. That is, the validity of the passport allegedly expired a day before it was issued (June 19, 2023). This is not the first attempt by Kremlin propaganda to compromise the family of the Ukrainian President.
Previously, StopFake journalists refuted misinformation that Volodymyr Zelensky allegedly has Russian citizenship, and Olena Zelenska spent 40,000 euros on Christmas shopping during her working visit to Paris.
