A raft of AI-generated and out-of-context videos has circulated online in recent weeks, misrepresenting Italy's relationship with Israel.
Two clips have been widely shared on social media platforms Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram with misleading and false captions, with users overstating that relations between the two have severely deteriorated when they were once strong.
One of the clips, which garnered thousands of views across platforms, depicts Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni snubbing a handshake from her Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, during a UN meeting.
Meloni, draped in a Palestinian flag, then walks out of the room.
Multiple users online claim this video is representative of a breakdown in Italian and Israeli relations, but this video is AI-generated and has several visual inconsistencies, including nonsensical Arabic writing on the scarf.
