FACT CHECK: No, FC Barcelona Is Not Cutting Ties With Israel
A post shared on Instagram claims soccer club FC Barcelona is cutting ties with Israel.
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Verdict: False
There is no evidence FC Barcelona is cutting ties with Israel.
Fact Check:
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry claimed that 44,000 Palestinians had died in Israel’s campaign against Gaza, according to The Associated Press. Israel has claimed to have killed 17,000 Hamas terrorists, the outlet reported.
Social media users are claiming FC Barcelona cut ties with Israel over the Israeli-Hamas conflict. (RELATED: Posts Claiming Elon Musk Banned Pride Content From X Are Based On Satire)
“FC Barcelona has cut all ties with Israel,” reads the text caption. It is followed with a quote that says, “It is not a war, it is genocide. We must not only denounce it but act.”
There is no evidence for this claim. If this had happened, media outlets would have covered it, yet none have. FC Barcelona has not announced it would cut ties with Israel on its website or social media accounts.
The account appears to be citing the city of Barcelona’s decision to cut “institutional relations” with Israel in November 2023 as a reaction to the country’s campaign against Gaza. The city had previously cut ties with Israel in February 2023 but restored a twin city agreement with Tel Aviv in September 2023, a month before the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel.
This claim appears to have been circulating since September 2024, when it went viral on TikTok, according to Logically Facts. It appears to be based on the confusion of the city of Barcelona’s 2023 decision.
