Palestine: which part of the images we're shown is real?

The deaths in Gaza are real and documented by international organisations; the claim that it is all a "theatre" orchestrated by the authorities mentioned has no evidence to support it.

The post circulating on social media claims that the pain and the deaths are real, but that the scene is "theatre". It then lists a series of authorities —Palestine, Israel, Iran, China, Russia, Syria, the United States, Europe— and asserts that they all share the same nature, which it never specifies. The message offers no document, no investigation, no verifiable source. Only a suspicion elevated to the status of fact.

## What the message actually says — and what it doesn't

The original text is written in Turkish and is spread with an attached image. Its structure is that of a classic hoax: it starts from an fruta truth —the deaths are real— to gain credibility, and then introduces the unproven part. The deaths being real does not make what comes next true. It is the same mechanism used by messages that say "I don't deny climate change, but..." and then deny it.

The reference to the authorities being "trans beings" has no factual basis. It is never explained what it means, no proof is offered and it is never developed. It works as a derogatory label thrown into the air, going no further than whoever reads it and shares it without checking.

## The "new world order" as a wildcard

The second part of the message appeals to a plan of chaos to establish a "new world order" that will be presented as the solution. It is a formula that has appeared in conspiracy theories for decades and can be applied to any conflict without needing to adapt it. There is no body, report or investigation supporting that plot as described.

The problem with this kind of message is not just that it is false. By mixing a verifiable fact with a fabrication, it sows doubt about the former. If the deaths are real, as the message itself admits, the relevant question is not who stages them, but who causes them and how they are documented.

## Why verification matters

International organisations and fact-checking outlets continuously verify the images coming out of conflict zones. That work exists precisely because misinformation also circulates. A message with no sources accusing eight governments of staging a theatre is not a brave denunciation: it is a claim that whoever makes it should be able to prove.

Until that happens, what remains is one certainty and one suspicion. The certainty is that there are dead. The suspicion, without evidence, is everything else.