People have lived in the region of Israel for 12,000 years.
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REAL AF with Andy FrisellaOct 28, 2026
The sources support the generic statement that people lived in the region around 12,000 years ago, but the extracted claim drops the passage's referent, which is a specific group ('the people who have been there for 12,000 years') that the post ties to continuous residence since the beginning of humankind.
What was said
… So, yeah, they don't fucking like us over there because we keep backing this fucking government that is clearly aggressive towards the people who have been there for 12,000 years, since the beginning of humankind, right? Okay, so Netanyahu has the look he's either this guy's not a fucking idiot. No, no, okay? This guy's very fucking smart, and he knows that he's the reason that Israel's under threat, but he would still rather promote himself, maintain power himself, …
REAL AF with Andy Frisella · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Archaeological reporting describes a prehistoric village at Nahal Ein-Gev II near the Sea of Galilee dated to about 12,000 years ago, with burials and habitation evidence.[3][4]
Context. A primary paper on the Negev reports an arid-to-hyper-arid climate over the last 12,000 years, with people periodically establishing settlements there.[2]
Context. None of the sources addresses whether a single group has lived continuously in the region for 12,000 years or since the beginning of humankind, which is the passage's actual assertion.[1][5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Unraveling Palestine: Understanding Its Location and the ...snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Climate stability and societal decline on the margins of the Byzantine empire in the Negev Desertpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3When Did Humans Start Settling Down? - Smithsonian Magazinesmithsonianmag.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Prehistoric village links old and new stone agesphys.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5A brief history of Israel | Britannicabritannica.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6The Paleo-Anthropocene and the Genesis of the Current ...link.springer.com · not rated · cited for: context
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