A video showing a pro-Palestine march held in Kerala is doing the rounds on social media. Many users have shared the video mocking the demonstrators for carrying the Italian flag instead of Palestinian flag.
A Facebook user posted the viral post with a caption: Supporters of Hamas terrorists gathered in Kerala. Instead of carrying the Palestinian flag 🇵🇸 they carried Italy’s Flag 🇮🇹. And they say Kerala has the Highest Literacy rate 😵💫😂😂😂
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be false.
Noticing ‘Welfare Pary Kerala’ written on the main banner as well as some pamphlets, the NM team conducted a Google Keyword Search and identified the official Facebook Page of Welfare Pary Kerala and its cover photo showing a picture from their recent pro-Palestine march in Kerala.
The main white banner matches with the one in the viral video and the flags match, too. While the colours of the flag resemble the Italian flag, the official logo of Welfare Party Kerala also has the same colours as the Italian flag along with two strands of wheat and ‘Welfare Party of India’ written on it.
Searching further, our team came across a tweet on the official handle of Welfare Party Kerala showing glimpses of their protest in Kerala. We can clearly see that the protesters were carrying the flag of the party and not of Italy or Palestine.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral post, claiming demonstrators in the pro-Palestine rally in Kerala carried the Italian flag instead of Palestine, is false.
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