PALESTINE
Sun 22 Oct 2023 6:02 pm - Jerusalem Time
With a photo and a comment...a famous environmental activist ignites Israeli anger
All you have to do is put the name of environmental activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter to see a torrent of angry comments against the young Swedish woman.
During the past two days, the X platform (formerly Twitter) was topped with its name after it published two photos on its account, one in which she appeared next to a group of activists, holding a banner that read, “We stand with Gaza.”
While the second picture showed an octopus with the sign of Israel above it, spreading its legs on the globe.
This sparked a storm against her, amid violent accusations of anti-Semitism against her.
"ISIS terrorist"!
While Aryeh Shalikar, a spokesman for the Israeli army, described her as “ISIS,” considering that “anyone connected to Greta is in his view a supporter of terrorism.”
In the face of this angry outpouring of sympathizers with Israel, the young woman deleted the picture of the octopus, keeping the picture of solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has been submerged for two weeks under a strict siege imposed by Israeli forces.
She also confirmed that she did not intend to offend the Israelis in any way.
But it preserved Gaza's image, stressing at the same time its rejection of targeting Israeli civilians and the attack launched by Hamas on October 7.
“It goes without saying that I am against the horrific attacks carried out by Hamas,” she wrote. “As I said, the world needs to raise its voice and call for an immediate ceasefire and justice and freedom for the Palestinians and all affected civilians.”
The famous British journalist, Piers Morgan, responded to her in a scathing and sarcastic way, writing: “It goes without saying because you did not say that in the first place.”
Since the outbreak of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian factions following the sudden attack launched by Hamas on settlements in the Gaza Strip, social networking sites and the Internet in general have witnessed a state of sharp polarization between the two parties, amid the exchange of accusations and insults by supporters of the Palestinian and Israeli sides.
Many Palestinian sympathizers complained of attempts to “muzzle their voices” amid the major social media platforms deleting many posts and comments that they considered supportive of Hamas, or even inciting hatred or violence.
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With a photo and a comment...a famous environmental activist ignites Israeli anger