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Viral video showing settlers uprooting West Bank olive trees is AI-generated

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Yes, Israeli settlers are ripping up West Bank olive trees – but this video is fake
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Summary

Israeli settlers and soldiers have repeatedly destroyed olive trees grown by Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank. In recent days, a video showing trees being ripped up circulated online. France 24 reports that the video was generated by artificial intelligence, so it is not authentic footage, even though the destruction it depicts is well documented.

This continues an earlier story: Settlers attack Palestinians and journalist during West Bank olive harvest

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  1. France 24

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    Reports that Israeli settlers and soldiers have made a habit of destroying Palestinian farmers' olive trees in the West Bank, but that a video of trees being ripped up circulating online in recent days was generated by artificial intelligence.

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