Palestinians danced in the streets 25 years ago when the planes hit the Towers and threw candy to their children.
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The Rob Carson ShowOct 5, 2026
Multiple sources confirm that Palestinians celebrated in the streets on September 11, 2001, when the towers were hit, and that the footage was authentic rather than recycled Gulf War footage.
What was said
… Uh, you know, You know, you've got Zoran Mandami lying and saying that Israel is committing a genocide against the Palestinians, when, in fact, it's Hamas who committed the acts. The Palestinians danced in the streets, by the way, 25 years ago, when the planes hit the Towers and threw candy to their children. Those children grew up and committed the murderous and awful acts of October the 7th. They had a chance at a two state solution. They chose to invest in Hamas. Hamas uses the Palestinian people. As cannon fodder. …
The Rob Carson Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Snopes and TruthOrFiction both report that the footage of Palestinians celebrating was authentic and was shot in East Jerusalem shortly after the September 11 attacks, rejecting the claim that it was old Gulf War footage.[1][2]
Supports. PolitiFact reports that public demonstrations in support of the 9/11 attacks took place, largely in the Palestinian territories.[3]
Supports. The New York Times reports that Reuters recorded Palestinians cheering in East Jerusalem immediately after the attacks, and that the footage was broadcast by NBC, CNN and Fox News, though the crowd was small.[4]
Supports. Times of Israel reports Yair Netanyahu saying Palestinians danced in the streets and handed out candies to celebrate the attacks, and Conservapedia describes candy being distributed by celebrants in Nablus.[5][6]
Context. The NYT and Newsrael describe the celebrations as small, with dozens of participants on film, while Fox News reported around 3,000 Palestinians celebrating in the West Bank. The claim does not state a number, so this difference in scale does not contradict it.[4][5][7]
Context. The claim was extracted faithfully from the claimant's passage, which uses the same wording about dancing and candy for children, so no scope or qualifier was added or dropped.
Sources
7 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated, 2 rated low
- 1Palestinians Dancing in the Streetsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2CNN faked a video of Palestinians rejoicing over the 9/11 ...truthorfiction.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3O’Reilly: No Muslim government ‘called out’ those who celebrated after 9/11politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 4The Video of Celebrations That Was Broadcast on 9/11nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 5Yair Netanyahu: Israel is faithful US ally, but Palestinians celebrated on 9/11timesofisrael.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6September 11, 2001 attacks - Conservapediaconservapedia.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: supports
- 7WATCH: Never forget: Palestinians celebrated the 9/11 attacknewsrael.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: context
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