🔎 Source Check | Ep. 1: Israel Hayom. Can you trust it?

🔎 Source Check | Ep. 1: Israel Hayom. Can you trust it?

It is the only source of the viral claim that Saudi Arabia paid the Houthis $1 billion. Here is its track record:

📰 Free daily founded by Sheldon Adelson in 2007. Media Bias/Fact Check rates its factual reporting "Mixed".
🇮🇱 Criticism inside Israel: nicknamed "Bibiton". In 2014 the Knesset backed a bill to curb it, 43 to 23. Israeli watchdog The Seventh Eye said its content serves Netanyahu's political interests.
❌ Anonymous-source scoops denied: Feb 2020 (Saudi Foreign Minister: "no meeting planned"), Feb 2024 (Netanyahu's office: "Fake News"), Jun 2025 (Netanyahu's office: the call "did not take place").
💵 The $1bn story: unnamed Gulf diplomatic sources. The article itself says a Saudi official did not confirm any transfer. We found no independent confirmation.

⚠️ Bottom line: a partisan paper whose anonymous-source scoops have been denied more than once. Treat such claims as unconfirmed until verified elsewhere.

Screenshots of the original articles in the video.