The Israeli embassy in Australia condemned online conspiracy theories alleging Israel staged an attack involving a Flydubai flight, saying the claims had “recast” Jewish people as the culprits.
The Embassy’s Statement
The embassy said it “condemns the anti-Semitic ‘false flag’ conspiracy theories” posted online. A false flag refers to a harmful act carried out to blame an enemy for it, the report states. The embassy didn’t endorse those claims; it condemned them.
What Is Known About the Flight
An Omani co-pilot is alleged to have stabbed his colleague during a flight en route to Tel Aviv. The report gives no further details about the alleged incident, and it doesn’t identify the people involved.
Foreign minister Penny Wong confirmed on Thursday that two Australians aboard the plane were safe. The account doesn’t identify them or give more information about their circumstances. They’re the only passengers whose safety the report addresses.
The report describes the online allegations and the embassy’s response. It provides no information about a transfer of national authority, demographic effects, institutional beneficiaries, or nationalist and dissident responses. Nor does it establish that Israel staged an attack: it reports that conspiracy theories made that accusation, and that the Israeli embassy condemned them. There’s no further detail.