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Israel commits genocide in Gaza and Ukraine.

Posted by The Pete Quiñones Show, Checked

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Sources
2 support2 context
Said
1 time·
Confidence
30%
The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
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The claim departs from the passage: the post attributes genocide 'in Ukraine' to the US, not Israel, so 'Israel commits genocide in ... Ukraine' is the extraction's addition and is not graded as the poster's claim. Sources do support the Gaza part: UN commission findings that Israel continued genocidal acts in Gaza after the October 2025 ceasefire, which Israel rejects.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… Burns, still walked around Springfield like he had all that money, and people were laughing at him. That's how the US appears, uh, now, which is why they have to rig elections, which is why they have to use acts of terrorism and simply use genocide as a means of foreign policy, whether it be in Ukraine or in, because that's the only thing you consider Gaza to be, and Israel's good with that. So if Israel's going to kill babies, which they do, and toddlers, and those who survive are going to have PTSD for the rest of their lives, if they're going to attack hospitals and then, of course, accuse the Russians of doing the exact same thing, of …
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What we found

Supports. Reuters and AP report that a UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry found Israel continued committing genocide in Gaza after the ceasefire, in a report published October 26, 2026.[1][2]

Context. A September 2025 UN commission report had already found Israel committed genocide in Gaza, and Israel denounced both reports as misinformation.[3][4]

Context. None of the provided sources says Israel committed genocide in Ukraine; the Ukraine attribution in the passage concerns the US and the sources do not address Israel in Ukraine.

Sources

4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated

  1. 1UN inquiry says Israel kept committing genocide in Gaza after trucereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  2. 2Gaza ceasefire has not stopped Israel from committing ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  3. 3News Wrap: Netanyahu dismisses allegations of genocidepbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: context
  4. 4Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN ...ohchr.org · not rated · cited for: context

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