---
title: "🚨 BREAKING:🚨 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: \"I am a woman and also…"
source: "https://x.com/sebastiangrk/status/2103171959269761455"
platform: "X / Twitter"
factual_accuracy: 3
overall_accuracy: 2
tags: ["giorgia meloni", "benjamin netanyahu", "israel", "palestinian flag", "women leaders", "child protection", "political protest"]
---

# Source fact-check: 🚨 BREAKING:🚨 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: "I am a woman and also…

Original post: https://x.com/sebastiangrk/status/2103171959269761455
Factual accuracy: 3% · Overall accuracy: 2%

## Source post

**Target post by @sebastiangrk**

> 🚨 BREAKING:🚨
>
> Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: "I am a woman and also a mother. I cannot stand with someone who kills innocent children."
>
> The brave woman continued to walk around wearing a Palestinian flag around her neck in front of Netanyahu. https://t.co/29ZNXt9p47

> [attached video 0](https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2102902456979968000/vid/avc1/440x612/FJ9EXYzfqszpaLXv.mp4?tag=29)
>
> Video transcript: راه مستقیم من راه نجف سجده میکنم به درگاه نجف شاهان

## Post analysis

Verdict: 2% · Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Checked on: 24/09/2026

- The post's two central assertions are that Meloni made a specific quote about not standing with someone who kills innocent children, and that she wore a Palestinian flag around her neck in front of Netanyahu.
- The first claim is rated 5% valid: the viral video splices unrelated Meloni speeches (2019 Turin conference, 2021 VOX rally) and no credible report documents her saying this[^1].
- The second claim is rated 0% valid: multiple fact-checkers (Snopes, Lead Stories, AFP) found the footage AI-generated deepfake material, and there is no record of Meloni and Netanyahu attending the same U.N. event[^2].
- Both claims are core to the post — the "breaking news" framing, the emotive quote, and the dramatic imagery all depend on them.
- The attached video's audio (a Persian religious chant) has no connection to the alleged events, adding to the fabricated character of the post.

**Overall validity**: 2%

[^1]:
    [Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated, "I am a woman and also a mother. I cannot stand with someone who kills innocent children."](#RtPU7T6LL77Nk5D0ZXV7)

[^2]:
    [Giorgia Meloni wore a Palestinian flag around her neck while in front of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.](#xdL37JDmtCP4A8EETJCK)

## Claims found (2)

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### 1. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated, "I am a woman and also a mother. I cannot stand with someone who kills innocent children." — 5%

Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Checked on: 24/09/2026 · Detail: /claim/RtPU7T6LL77Nk5D0ZXV7

##### Analysis

- The claim attributes to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni the statement: "I am a woman and also a mother. I cannot stand with someone who kills innocent children."
- No matching entry exists in the verified-claims or professional fact-check databases for this exact wording, but an independent fact-check directly addresses it.
- A professional fact-check (Soch Fact Check, 24 May 2026) examined this exact claim — including the variant "I am also a woman, also a mother… and I can never stand with those who stain their hands with the blood of innocent children" — and concluded it is **false**[^1].
- The fact-check found that the viral video compiles Meloni clips from unrelated speeches (a 2019 Brothers of Italy conference in Turin about Rome as Italy's capital, and a 2021 VOX rally in Madrid where she said in Spanish "I am a wife\! I am a mother\! I am Italian\! I am Christian\!")[^1].
- Both source speeches predate the Gaza war (Oct 2023) and the US-Israeli strikes on Iran (Feb 2026), so she could not have been referring to those events. No credible news report documents her making such a statement[^1].
- Meloni has separately criticized Israeli actions ("too many innocent victims") and condemned the Minab school strike, but never used the phrasing in the claim[^1].

**Overall validity**: 5%

[^1]:
    [No, Italian PM did not call the US and Israel “killers of innocent children” - Soch Fact Check](https://www.sochfactcheck.com/no-italian-pm-did-not-call-the-us-and-israel-killers-of-innocent-children)

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### 2. Giorgia Meloni wore a Palestinian flag around her neck while in front of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. — 0%

Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash · Checked on: 24/09/2026 · Detail: /claim/xdL37JDmtCP4A8EETJCK

**Reasoning:**

- The claim circulates via videos/images supposedly showing Italian PM Giorgia Meloni wearing a Palestinian flag around her neck in front of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, in some versions at a U.N. event.
- Snopes reviewed three such videos and rated them **Fake**, finding classic AI tells (illegible text, incorrectly rendered Palestinian flag) and noting no record of Meloni and Netanyahu attending the same U.N. event in 2026 — they last met in March 2023 in Rome[^1].
- Lead Stories also rated the images/video **FAKE**, identifying AI-generation artifacts such as the flag's black stripe disappearing on the scarf[^2].
- AFP Fact Check independently found the clips to be AI-generated, with "visual errors and inconsistencies indicative of synthetic content"[^3].
- Meloni herself stated on X in May 2026 that she had been targeted by deepfake photos[^1].

The claim is false; the depicted footage is AI-generated.

**Overall validity**: 0%

[^1]:
    [Do videos show Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni wearing Palestinian flag at UN event with Netanyahu? | Snopes.com](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/giorgia-meloni-netanyahu-palestinian-flag)

[^2]:
    [Fact Check: FAKE Pictures Show Giorgia Meloni Wearing Palestinian Flag Scarf, Slapping Benjamin Netanyahu -- They're Screenshots From An AI Video](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-fake-pictures-show-020715615.html)

[^3]:
    [AI-generated clips of Giorgia Meloni overstate strained Italy-Israel ties | Fact Check](https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.A9ET3ZQ)