In mid -October 2023, a viral photograph of a gearbox in the form of a penis became a viral photograph of a box in social networks. The picture was accompanied by a signature that they were supposedly baked and sent by military representatives of the LGBT community of Israel. We decided to check if this story is true.
On October 15, many large Telegram channels shared, for example, “Truthfulness"(242,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Uncle Glory"(233,000),"Putin in Telegram"(202 000),"Bullet"(141 000), Z-News (133,000), "Sheikh Tamir"(132 000), Swiss Vatnik (129,000), "Forbidden"(92 000). Similar publications appeared in "VKontakte" And X (former Twitter), c Media And on forums.
The photo shows two inscriptions: on a sheet of paper in the foreground and partially visible on a box in the background. Hebrew carriers helped “verified” both. The box says "slacat Tsvait", this is one of the structural units Israeli defense army (IDF). Its task is to provide the religious needs of the soldier (both Jews and followers of other religions), as well as give clarifications on religion issues in wartime. In addition, the “slave Tswait” is responsible for the supply of kosher food for soldiers, this is well consistent with the fact that in the photo the military, apparently, disassembled food boxes.
As for the note by hand in the foreground, it is possible to translate the phrase written on it as follows: “On x*th hamas. Want to hear a joke about my cock? Sorry, it is too long. Thanks for your service. Ezra and Gideon Keler. "
As can be seen from the translation, there is no question of any connection between the senders with the LGBT community of Israel in the note. Moreover, before the appearance in the Russian -language segment of the Internet, photography became popular in Israel itself. Presumably, the first post on Facebook* with the mention of the parcel from Ezra and Gideon Keler (it was by mentioning their names in writing in Hebrew “verified” and found the publication) Placed User named Talia Klein Perev. In her post, she did not write anything about the senders belonging to LGBT activists, but asked to celebrate the keler, if someone is familiar with them to open a joint bakery. In the comments, no one responded to the request.
“Verified” turned for a commentary to the waist Klein Perev and asked if she found out any details about these people. Our interlocutor explained that she saw a photo in WhatsApp, where she became a viral, and then decided to share her on Facebook. Pereza also noted that this is a rather typical joke and hardly one of her compatriots can see a homosexual context in her. The woman does not know anything about the connection of Ezra and Gideon Keler with the Israeli LGBT community.
Both passes and those native speakers who helped “verified” with translation, noted that the handwriting is uncharacteristic for the Hebrew native speaker, which teaches the language from childhood. It looks too childish - according to our interlocutors, so people write, whose first language uses literacy based on Latin and who teach Hebrew in adolescence and older.
On the basis of the collected data, “verified” tried to find Keller on Facebook, however, suitable profiles could not be found either with writing names and surnames in Hebrew, nor with writing in English in different versions.
Also, “verified” studied the pages of the largest LGBT communities of Israel (LGBT Israel, Gay ISRAEL, Queer Support for Israel And Celebrate Israel Parade - LGBTQ CLUSTER). And although the volunteers of these communities Sent There were no packages with food in the IDF, including cookies, in the form of a penis among them. None of these groups have an open list of subscribers, so it’s impossible to check whether people with the surname Keler are in them.
Thus, the photograph, in all likelihood, is genuine. She began to gain popularity first in WhatsApp, then in the Israeli Facebook segment, and only then on the Russian -speaking Internet. However, in the publications in Hebrew there are no references to the LGBT community-apparently they were added later, in publications in Russian.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
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