Media is the bread and butter of terror organizations. It’s their tool to spread their agenda, frighten their enemies, and raise support. After this summer’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, where, sadly, Hamas gained a tremendous support from all around the world, they saw fit to continue this wave of success by launching an “honest and open” Twitter campaign.
Luckily, they were unable to successfully spread more lies and deceive more people–the campaign failed before it even officially launched. People flooded the #AskHamas hashtag with criticism, cynical questions, and probably scared anyone who might have actually believed there’s some good within this terror organization. Among the questions I encountered were: “Why did you murder 30 civilians, including 20 people over the age of 70, at a Passover Seder in Netanya in 2002?”; “Are you the Arabic version of the KKK?”; “Why does the flag of Palestine in 1939 have a Star of David on it?” and so on.
Watching the repulsive, yet well-done ” target=”_blank”>the raging wave of anti-Semitism that followed, I’d be lying if I write that I wasn’t scared of the possible outcomes of such a campaign. Watching the lies shared on social media about the IDF (where my brother served at the time) killing Palestinian children for fun, while my fellow Israelis and I ran for shelter” target=”_blank”>power people have online, with the ability to make any lie sound like solid truth (and reach millions in a matter of minutes) made me feel powerless in front of this well-trained organization. In just a few days, Israel turned into the monstrous enemy of the world.
After watching Hamas supporters brutally highjack the #IsraelUnderFire and #FreeGazaFromHamas hashtags, and trend the #HitlerWasRight hashtag merely several months ago, I couldn’t help buy rejoice to the sight of Hamas failing on “their turf” – social media. It also helped me regain my faith in humankind, and truly gives me some well-needed closure after last summer.
