Al Jazeera Deletes Israel Report About Fake Emirates Pilot (VIDEO)

Al Jazeera has deleted a fake news report about Israel that cited someone posing on Facebook as an Emirates pilot.…

By January 14, 2021

Al Jazeera has deleted a fake news report about Israel that cited someone posing on Facebook as an Emirates pilot.

The story alleged that the pilot, named as Monem Sahib al-Taba, was suspended for refusing to fly to the Jewish state. This, purportedly over objections to the recent normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates.

The Emirati airline, which is expected to launch daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv in February, quickly debunked the Al Jazeera story.

The company made clear that it never employed any pilot named Monem Sahib al-Taba.

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Akiva Van Koningsveld

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Originally from The Hague, Akiva Van Koningsveld left The Netherlands for Israel in the fall of 2020. Before joining the HonestReporting team, he worked as a policy officer at the Center for Information and Documentation Israel, a Dutch organization dedicated to combating antisemitism and spreading awareness of the Arab-Israel conflict.

Akiva studied journalism at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. In 2020, he graduated from Utrecht University with a law degree, focusing on the intersection of human rights and civil liability.

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