Israelis use escape rooms that mimic war for fun

Question

Video originally from @jamillatiktoks on tiktok about a news article from the Forward. Claims the escape rooms are based on Al-Shifa Hospital.

Answer 1

This is true. The original post is a video from TikTok with the creator reading out parts of an article that talk about the escape room. The article that was being read in the video is from The Forward, which is a non-profit, Jewish, independent news site. After reading The Forward article I took a deeper look into the escape room. According to The Middle Eastern Eye, a Middle-Eastern-focused news site, the escape rooms are based on an Israeli Netflix show called Fauda which centers around the Al-Shifa Hospital.

Sources:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israelis-dress-palestinians-live-action-war-game-set-gaza

https://forward.com/news/583011/israeli-escape-room-gaza-hamas-war/

Comments

Way to double-confirm this with multiple sources. I think it contributes well to the nuance of your fact check.

Answer 2

I think that this is misleading, while it's true that these rooms exist, the title especially feels intentionally written in a specific way to trigger anti-semitic bias. Escape rooms have been military theemed for a long time in lots of places, and the idea that citizens of Israel in particular prefer military theemed escape rooms due to the war is misleading.

Comments

I think your acknowledgement of antisemitism in this sort of reporting is a great inclusion, but I think you need to include sources in your fact checks. At the moment, this could all be opinion. It might be beneficial to include and link your sources so that your fact check can be more credible to an audience. It might also be useful to interrogate the source of the claim; is it likely to be perpetuating antisemitism, or is it a reputable reporter?

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This fact-check is weak due to lack of evidence and strong use of opinion. While the claim might be misleading, readers cannot know if your fact-check is valid because you did not use any evidence or link any sources in you answer. Your use of the phrase "I think" sets up this fact check to be opinion based. In the future I would recommend doing more research before you answer a question.

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I like the angle that you have presented, but like the other commenters, there are no sources to substantiated that "escape rooms have been military themed for a long time in lots of places." In the future, cite where you found your information within the fact-check, and also include a URL. Thanks!