Is Benjamin Netanyahu dead? Are they posting fake AI videos trying to prove he’s alive? That’s what many believe, and the speculation is only growing stronger the more we see. Yesterday, I brought you this report: Is Benjamin Netanyahu Dead? New Video Being Called “Fake AI” And now today they have released two new videos, but neither one is helping the cause. The first was this one, where he’s in the exact same outfit as the day before and Internet sleuths quickly noticed that his ring is visible at the beginning but suddenly disappears near the end of the video. Take a look here: Benjamin Netanyahu’s ring disappearing and reappearing in his newest video is being attributed to background blur. When a hand or finger moves quickly near the edge of focus or a busy background, the algorithm can mistake the ring for background, temporarily blurring or erasing… pic.twitter.com/R2OsDoCzu1 — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) March 16, 2026 They claim it’s because of a “blur filter” that blurs the background of the video, except….the background looks perfectly clear and crisp. The only thing “blurred” or missing is the ring. Netanyahu’s ring disappeared at around 0 minutes and 29 seconds in the video posted today. I repeat, my theory is that it’s the blur filter that is used to make him look better. I do not claim it’s a fake/ai video. https://t.co/t0sdQgvArH pic.twitter.com/IAP7WLxzVv — Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) March 16, 2026 I don’t see any blur. I just see a missing ring: Why is Israel releasing AI videos of Netanyahu? Is the demon dead? pic.twitter.com/SaFjPThb2W — The Saviour (@TheSaviour) March 16, 2026 Let’s just say if these videos were intended to prove he’s alive, they are having the opposite affect: Same jacket, same height zip level from yesterday's coffee circus. Didn't change any cloth. More vedios more damage. MOSSAD AI GENERATED NETANYAHU ONCE DEAD NO RETURN https://t.co/VfiqDBiDDn — The Kremlin (@The_Kremlinn) March 16, 2026 Then there is the content of what he’s saying…. At one point he says: Netanyahu: “We’re following the instructions and guidelines exactly, and together we’re winning.” That almost sounds like something you’d say back during COVID, doesn’t it? And why are so many people in his videos still wearing COVID masks? Have you noticed that? Isn’t that strange? Benjamin Netanyahu has now released a second "proof of life" video showing him still in control of the Israeli government. The video shows him interacting with small crowds of Israelis outdoors. Netanyahu says, "We're following the instructions and guidelines exactly, and… pic.twitter.com/9SmAlzwUDi — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) March 16, 2026 FULL TRANSCRIPT: English Transcript of the Video Translated from Hebrew The ~91-second video is a casual outdoor montage filmed in the Jerusalem Hills area. Netanyahu walks around, greets small groups of civilians, shakes hands, poses for photos, pets a dog, and chats informally amid the current security situation (with references to Home Front Command guidelines after recent tensions). The speech is conversational, with some background noise and overlapping chatter; it’s not a scripted speech but short exchanges. A full verbatim automated transcript isn’t publicly available yet (as the video was posted just yesterday), but here’s a complete, chronologically compiled English translation of all audible spoken dialogue based on the original post caption, multiple news reports, and verified analyses: Scene 1 Netanyahu walking outdoors, looking at the view/sun, greeting people Netanyahu: How beautiful is Jerusalem. Nothing like Jerusalem. Netanyahu: How beautiful. Thank you very much. Thank you. Good. Let’s soak up some sun. Scene 2 Interacting with a crowd, discussing safety and shelters Netanyahu (asking about nearby shelter): Where is the shelter here? Crowd member: Nearby. Netanyahu: That is very important. Netanyahu: It’s okay to step out for some fresh air, but always stay close to the protected areas or safe rooms. Follow the instructions from the Home Front Command. We need patience and vigilance. Scene 3 Petting a dog / casual interaction Netanyahu: Whose dog is this? / What breed is it? (Brief greetings and laughter from the group.) Scene 4 Main message to the small crowd, motivational close Netanyahu: We’re following the instructions and guidelines exactly, and together we’re winning. (or closely matching the video’s on-screen caption: “Sticking to the guidelines and winning together.”) Closing Scenes More handshakes, waves, and casual goodbyes with the group (Additional short greetings like “Thank you” and well-wishes, but no further substantive dialogue.) Summary of Context The video ends on a positive, morale-boosting note with Netanyahu appearing relaxed and in control. This matches the “second proof of life” framing after the previous day’s coffee shop clip. Many online replies question its recency or authenticity (claiming recycled footage), but no credible evidence of deepfake manipulation has surfaced, and the interactions align with reported events. If a more detailed official transcript emerges, it would likely expand on these exact lines. Then came the second video. See here: Prime Minister Netanyahu: To the brave people of Iran, I wish you, as I do every year a happy holiday season, beginning with the Festival of Lights. It signifies the age old belief of the Iranian people that light will triumph over darkness, that good will triumph over evil. pic.twitter.com/PoY2Mhlg6p — Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) March 16, 2026 Ok, seems normal right? Except….he’s issuing a message to the Iranian people with not one single mention of the current war. When was this recorded? How old is this? Netanyahu just released a video message wishing the Iranian people a happy Nowruz and “a year of freedom” Notably, he made no mention of the war Within minutes of the video being posted, comments claiming the clip is AI-generated also began appearing pic.twitter.com/1Yds7GIbWn — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 16, 2026 RELATED REPORT: Is Benjamin Netanyahu Dead? New Video Being Called “Fake AI” A new video allegedly featuring Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is going viral today with many claiming it is “clearly AI”. But is it? I’ll walk you through a full Fact-Check from everything I can find and then you can decide for yourself. First…here’s the video: אומרים שאני מה? צפו >> pic.twitter.com/ijHPkM3ZHZ — Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) March 15, 2026 I’ll explain exactly why people think it’s “AI” in just a moment (maybe you caught some of them as you watched?) but first I have to explain the history here because the story doesn’t actually start with this video. The story starts with reports that Netanyahu’s bunker had been hit by Iranian drones. That has not been fully confirmed and there it is expected Netanyahu would have been in such a fortified depth that even if hit he would not be impacted. But then time passed and Netanyahu had not been seen for a while and people started to get nervous that he had not made any appearances. Then we got this video: אתמול במסיבת העיתונאים עמדתי על היעדים הברורים של המערכה: פגיעה במשטר הטרור באיראן, המשך המאבק מול שלוחותיו, והבטחת ביטחונה ועתידה של ישראל. אנחנו לא מחכים. אנחנו יוזמים, אנחנו תוקפים ואנחנו עושים זאת בעוצמה. צפו בדברים המלאים >> pic.twitter.com/hubJWVdiKQ — Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) March 13, 2026 Which might seem normal enough on its face, but at the 34 second mark, we got this image, which many are saying looks like he has six fingers on his right hand. See here: Here’s a closer look, I zoomed in: It does seem a bit like the “pinky” finger is in quite a strange spot…. But, we have incredible technology at our fingertips these days and so I turned to Grok and asked it to enhance the photo for me.  Don’t modify it, just enhance the resolution. The results were stunning from a technical standpoint. I did it twice and got two nearly identical results that much more clearly show what we’re seeing here: Ok, so I’m going to call that one debunked, at least from my perspective. But because people were going crazy claiming he had six fingers (a clear sign of AI generated video), Netanyahu released this new video at the coffee shop. And that’s why you see him hold up both hands and show he has five fingers on each hand. Wow, what a time to be alive, that you have to hold up your hand in a video to prove you’re not AI and to prove you don’t have six fingers, even though I think most of the major AI models have now moved past the 6-finger error, so I don’t know how reliable that is as an indicator anymore. But now in the new video, people are obsessed with how his coffee cup seems to be filled to the absolute brim, and he grabs it pretty quickly and at a bit of an angle, and none of the coffee spills out. Watch here: After Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video showing he is not dead yet, people are now speculating about why his coffee cup, which was filled to the brim, did not spill when he lifted it. This is now being called Coffeegate. pic.twitter.com/DVkUCI4TL3 — Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) March 15, 2026 That’s the biggest one to me, it does seem quite strange that the coffee held together so well as he moved that cup around. They also claim the coffee level doesn’t really go down after he drinks it: HOLY SH*T! NEW RUMORS!! 1. The pattern on the surface of the coffee remains unchanged from start to finish. 2. The volume of the coffee does not decrease after being drunk. 3. A guy appears in the background with a coronavirus mask. IS THE NEW VIDEO OF NETANYAHU AI… pic.twitter.com/MnfNojrudC — JackTheRippler © (@RippleXrpie) March 15, 2026 Then you have the people saying it just flat out doesn’t look like him: This is not Netanyahu https://t.co/rSrz624mZz pic.twitter.com/rb02bBj6ug — The Saviour (@TheSaviour) March 15, 2026 He does look pretty “soft” and golden, almost like someone applied a filter to the video. I took 3 screenshots of the three most recent videos he’s posted to see them all side by side. Same guy? Grok says yes, same guy in all three: Yes, all three photos show the same person: Benjamin Netanyahu (Israeli Prime Minister, often called “Bibi”).The images match his well-known and consistent appearance in recent official photos and videos from early 2026 (e.g., security meetings, press conferences, and public appearances in March 2026). Key shared traits include:Older Caucasian male (late 70s) with receding/thinning gray/white hair. Prominent facial features: deep-set eyes, prominent nose, lined forehead, and typical expression (often serious or speaking. He frequently wears a suit or jacket with a small Israeli flag pin on the lapel (visible in at least two of your images, including the one with the blue tie against the Israeli flag backdrop). The middle image (waving with five fingers raised) aligns with recent clips where he gestures emphatically during speeches. Some are falsely claiming the point-of-sale (POS) / cash register terminal screen shows a 2024 date, but that is not true. Another eagle eyed user catches the date on the counter which is February 15, 2024. https://t.co/Akt6scYxF5 pic.twitter.com/EonyUhcEFa — MonitorX (@MonitorX99800) March 15, 2026 I captured a screenshot of the image and then used Grok to enhance the resolution and it clearly reads 2026: However, Grok is adamant that the date reads 15.01.2026, which would be January 15, 2026. I think the original screenshot looks more like a 3 than a 1, but I’ve argued with Grok for 10 minutes and it will not budge.  It is adamant it is a 1. But credit to Richard Medhurst on X for running his own analysis in 4k and yielding this version that shows a 3, which I also believe to be the correct display: Also strange is the man in the background wearing a COVID mask in 2026. Does anyone still do this? This is a pretty good summary of all the reasons why many think this latest video is an AI fake: THE NETANYAHU "PROOF OF LIFE" VIDEO JUST GOT WORSE First they said he was DEAD. Then Israel released a video — and people spotted SIX FINGERS. AI generated. So Netanyahu posts ANOTHER video — ordering coffee, showing five fingers, trolling the entire internet.… pic.twitter.com/vkSJJ15Rm6 — SungHoon Lee, IQ 276 (@sungleeiq) March 15, 2026

Oh my goodness, the irony is off the charts with this one…. According to new reports, the “Supreme Leader” of Iran has just been outed as being “gay”. Take a look here: Trump briefed that Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is probably gay – and president has priceless reaction https://t.co/FoqZWam61y pic.twitter.com/iJNEfe9zuP — New York Post (@nypost) March 16, 2026 That’s right folks, the country that hangs gay people by cranes secretly had the son of the “Supreme Leader” as a big old homosexual! The irony is hard to even fathom! The NY Post added these details: President Trump was stunned to learn last week that US intelligence indicates new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay — and that his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, feared his suitability to rule the Islamic Republic for that reason, The Post can reveal. Trump couldn’t contain his surprise and laughed aloud when he was briefed on the intel, according to sources. Others in the room also found it “hilarious” and joined the president’s reaction, while one senior intelligence official “has not stopped laughing about it for days,” said one person familiar with the briefing. The shocking claim was described to The Post by two intelligence community officials and a third person close to the White House. All three sources say the implausible-sounding allegation is viewed as credible by US spy agencies, rather than false information intended to undermine Khamenei, 56, who was selected to replace his dead father as supreme leader on March 8. Two of the sources said the intelligence indicated that Mojtaba, who earned the nickname “the power behind the robes” while serving as his aging dad’s gatekeeper, has had a long-term sexual relationship with his childhood tutor. The third source said the intelligence indicated the affair was with a person who formerly worked for the Khamenei family. Mojtaba, who is believed to have been wounded in the same Feb. 28 airstrike that killed his father and other members of his family, has made “aggressive” sexual overtures to men caring for him, possibly while under the influence of heavy medication, one of The Post’s sources said. US spy agencies do not have photographic evidence of Mojtaba Khamenei’s alleged sexual attraction to men, but the sources insisted the tip is solid, with one saying it was “derived from one of the most protected sources that the government has.” “The fact that this was elevated to the highest of high levels shows you there’s some confidence in this,” added a second source. Mojtaba’s purported sexual orientation had been whispered about inside Iran since at least the May 2024 helicopter crash that killed then-President Ebrahim Raisi, Ali Khamenei’s presumed favorite to be the next supreme leader, sources said. Within the US government, “it’s been a pretty closely held piece of information,” one insider said. Trump previously dismissed Mojtaba Khamenei as a “lightweight” and an “unacceptable” choice to run Iran. The new supreme leader is widely considered to be someone who would not bend to US demands to abandon the nuclear and ballistic missile programs that prompted Operation Epic Fury. Yes indeed, maybe the most ironic and funniest story in history: Maybe the funniest story in history https://t.co/5NwSanp7vm — Rob Schmitt (@SchmittNYC) March 16, 2026 This was my favorite post of the day…. Off the roof the Cardboard Leader goes! When Iranians find out the new Ayatollah is gay: https://t.co/q0CydPcUGv pic.twitter.com/Q5gOY9z2mM — Prison Mitch (@Prisonmitch) March 16, 2026 LOL!

This is a wise decision by President Trump. President Trump announced on Monday that he will delay his long-anticipated trip to China. Trump was expected to visit Beijing in the last week of March. CBS News reported why Trump decided to delay his upcoming trip to China: President Trump said Monday that he’s requested to delay his trip to China because of the war with Iran, now in its third week. He said during an Oval Office event that he “was speaking to China” and indicated he’d “love to” go, “but because of the war, I want to be here. I have to be here, I feel.” “We’ve requested that we delay it a month or so. And I’m looking forward to being with him,” Mr. Trump said of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The president, who was expected to visit China at the end of the month, has urged Beijing and other countries to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz to try to bring down oil prices that have surged since the Iran war began. In an interview Sunday with the Financial Times, Mr. Trump said that China’s reliance on oil from the Middle East means it should help with a new coalition he’s trying to assemble to restart oil tanker traffic through the strait after Iran’s threats have throttled global flows of oil. Watch the moment Trump made the announcement here: Trump on his visit to China: Because of the war, I want to be here. I feel I have to be here. And so we’ve requested that we delay it a month or so. pic.twitter.com/LYtj1V00aP — Clash Report (@clashreport) March 16, 2026 So, where does China stand on the Iran War? So far, China has only offered condemnation letters when it comes to the U.S. military operations in Iran. The Jerusalem Post shared that China is also keenly observing the U.S. military attacks to prepare for a future conflict with the U.S.: As Operation Roaring Lion, aka Epic Fury, grinds on into its second week, China is studying every battlefield innovation, every US decision, and every strategic ripple with extraordinary intensity. According to Carice Witte, founder and executive director of the SIGNAL Group, and Amir Husain, a leading American technologist and serial entrepreneur, the conflict with Iran is reshaping global military balances in ways that will reverberate far beyond the region. Their assessments paint a stark picture: China is learning rapidly, the US is burning through critical stockpiles, and the future of warfare is being rewritten in real time. Beijing is looking at the war as a live laboratory for understanding how the United States fights, how it escalates, and how it absorbs simultaneous crises. Speaking to Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post, Witte emphasized that China’s interest in the war is deep and multifaceted. Though the world is watching both Russia’s military capabilities in Ukraine and those of Iran’s in the current conflict, “You cannot put Iran and Russia in the same bucket as China,” according to Witte. “The quality of their equipment is better than Iran’s or Russia’s. China is skilled, smart, and capable. They’ve improved their technology dramatically.” Witte warned that China’s real weakness lies not in equipment, but in experience. “This is not to say that the defense technology being used in this war is not of great interest to the Chinese military and the leadership, as well as tech companies. They will try to find out the details, understand what works, and try to acquire information to produce the equipment that they feel is most relevant. That all goes without saying.” However, Witte added, “No Chinese fighter has ever seen real battle, much less the battle of the 21st century.”

Will this actually go somewhere? Just weeks after former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was reassigned from her post, she now faces possible legal problems. A group of Democrat senators has criminally referred Noem to the Department of Justice for allegedly committing perjury during her hearings in Congress last month. Fox News broke the story of the criminal referral: President Donald Trump ousted her from leadership of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the top Democrats on their respective chambers’ Judiciary Committees, sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday accusing Noem of lying to Congress during back-to-back hearings earlier this month. “A number of her statements appear to violate criminal statutes prohibiting perjury and knowingly making false statements to Congress,” the letter said. “After months of evading our Committees’ requests to testify in routine oversight hearings, Secretary Noem made a series of demonstrably false statements in a brazen attempt to undermine critical congressional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.” The top Democrats on the Senate and House Judiciary committees charged that there were four categories of statements Noem made during her testimony before the respective panels where the DHS chief could have perjured herself. Among those answers the lawmakers scrutinized were whether DHS follows court orders, Corey Lewandowski’s role in DHS contracts, whether immigration enforcement has detained U.S. citizens, and most notably the contracting process for a $220 million ad campaign heavily featuring Noem. The ad campaign, in particular, was an explosive moment during Noem’s hearing earlier this month when Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., pressed her on whether there was a competitive bid process for the contracts and the substantial cash flow. Noem told the panel that the contract did go through a competitive process, “and career officials at the Department chose who would do those advertising commercials.” When asked if President Donald Trump knew about the ad campaign and its eye-popping sum, Noem said he did. Trump contradicted that statement in an interview with Reuters, and Kennedy argued that it was “hard to believe” the president would give it the green light. MS NOW reports: Host: Two Democratic lawmakers are asking the DOJ to launch a perjury investigation into former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. The referral stems from her testimony in front of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. pic.twitter.com/7jqFheYz6j — FactPost (@factpostnews) March 16, 2026 Noem is currently serving as the special envoy to The Shield of the Americas. The Hill reported more on what exactly The Shield of the Americas is: President Trump said Thursday that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem would leave her role and be appointed as a special envoy for “The Shield of the Americas,” bringing her tumultuous tenure atop DHS to an end. Noem faced scrutiny and intense questioning about the fatal shooting deaths of two American citizens by federal immigration authorities in Minnesota earlier this year. More recently, she was met with skepticism at a Senate hearing from Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), who argued that a more than $200 million ad campaign she oversaw and appeared in for DHS was primarily “effective in your name recognition.” While the soon-to-be former secretary will no longer head up immigration and other national security agencies under DHS, her work for “Shield of the Americas” will hit on similar topics, including immigrants in the country illegally, transnational trafficking and border crossings. The regional coalition of countries in Latin America will work together on ideology and policy initiatives that help secure the Western Hemisphere, according to the White House. The Shield of the Americas will be guided in part by the president’s foreign policy initiatives dubbed the “Donroe Doctrine,” fashioned after the Monroe Doctrine. The administration has described the doctrine as enlisting “established friends” in the Western Hemisphere to pursue U.S. aims and expanding ties by “cultivating and strengthening new partners.”

This is interesting timing. Cuba’s entire electric power grid has been completely shut off. The outage comes around the same time President Trump stated he could take Cuba. Fox News reports: NOW: A TOTAL BLACKOUT just SLAMMED Cuba, the entire island has no virtually electricity as the country faces a US oil and energy blockade Cuba is about to FALL, Sec. Marco Rubio is watching! pic.twitter.com/XqcmDEtOVz — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 16, 2026 CNN reported more on the grid collapsing: Cuba’s electrical grid suffered a total collapse on Monday, the country’s power operator said, marking the latest nationwide blackout in recent years, and the first since the US effectively shut off the flow of oil to the island of roughly 10 million people. Efforts are underway to restore power across the country, the state-owned operator said, adding that no faults detected in the electrical units operating at the time the grid collapsed. Nationwide power outages have been reported frequently over the past few years. Cuban officials have previously attributed them to US economic sanctions, though critics have also faulted a lack of investment in the island’s ailing generation system. Cuba heavily relies on oil for electricity generation. The effective blockade of fuel shipments has worsened the country’s energy crisis, causing intermittent power cuts, a rationing of medical supplies and a decrease in tourism, officials have said. Fuel prices have skyrocketed so much that gas can be as much as $9 a liter on the unofficial market, meaning it costs more than $300 to fill up a car’s gas tank, which is more than most Cubans earn in a year. Watch Trump give his thoughts on Cuba: BREAKING: President Trump confirms he is considering taking CUBA next “I do believe l'll be having the honor of taking Cuba. That's a big honor. Taking Cuba in some form.” “They have no money, no oil, no NOTHING. But they have nice landscape, it’s a beautiful island. I… pic.twitter.com/qWYWMWDvFd — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 16, 2026 The Independent covered Trump’s possible plans of “taking” Cuba: Donald Trump ranted to reporters that he had the right to do “anything” he wanted with Cuba on Monday, claiming that the island nation is a failed state and promising that the country was next on his list of adversaries to confront after Iran. His comments came as senior figures in his administration have repeatedly stressed that the war with Iran will end in the coming days, while refusing to outline the president’s specific goals and skirting around the issue of using America’s military like the world’s police force. The president was participating in an executive order signing ceremony on Monday when he was asked about Cuba by a reporter. Trump responded that he could “take” the entire island, and added that he would likely have the “honor” of doing so in some form. “Taking Cuba. In some form, yeah,” the president confirmed. “Taking Cuba.” “I mean, whether I free it, or take it…I think I can do anything I want with it, to tell you the truth,” Trump said. Here’s Trump in 2000 talking about Cuba: https://x.com/alx/status/2032874938445537734