 On February 13, 2019, Israeli comedienne Noam Shuster-Eliassi, speaking to i24 News, joked that she would like to marry the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.On February 17, Al-Qassem posted on his Facebook account about Shuster-Eliassi's comment.Subsequently, BBC Arabic and Al Jazeera covered the story as if Shuster-Eliassi's proposal were genuine.