Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday mocked the widespread news on social media about his death as he released a video showing him ordering a coffee at what seems to be a roadside mini-market
Amid rumours about his whereabouts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new video is under scrutiny, with several social media users claiming it is generated using artificial intelligence (AI). Speculations have been rife about the Israeli PM’s safety since last week, after a video surfaced apparently showing Netanyahu with six fingers, against the backdrop of the US-Israel joint war against Iran and Tehran’s retaliation that has destabilised the entire Gulf region.
The buzz reignited after the Israeli prime minister’s official X account shared a sarcastic video showing him ordering a coffee at what seems to be a roadside mini-market. Replying to a user’s query, X’s AI chatbot, Grok, labelled the coffee shop video as ‘AI-generated’ content.
The Coffee Shop Video
Netanyahu on Sunday mocked the widespread news on social media about his death as he released a video showing him ordering a coffee at The Sataf cafe in the Jerusalem Hills, Israel.
In the footage, he’s heard saying, “Great” (he tells the seller giving him coffee), Thanks.”
When told that media reports are saying he is dead, Netanyahu mocks, “I am dying for coffee.”
“You know what, I am crazy (interchangeable with dying, the word in Hebrew) about my people. They are behaving (conducting) in a fantastic way. You want to count the number of fingers. You can show us here (raising left hand) and here (raising right hand). You saw!” the Israeli prime minister said that
The video comes as an apparent dig at some news reports speculating that he is dead, posting a video where it seems that his left hand has six fingers and hence is doctored.