Tag: Twitter
Israeli minister calls on Twitter CEO to ban Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei
Newly appointed Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen has sent a letter to Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey calling for the immediate suspension of the Twitter account of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for his...
Netanyahu to Khamenei: Those threatening Israel with destruction face similar danger
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday for using Nazi imagery to threaten Israel with destruction.
Responding to an anti-Semitic image that Khamenei shared on Twitter—a poster reading,...
De Blasio comes under scrutiny for another tweet directed at Jewish community
For the second time in almost as many weeks, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has come under scrutiny for actions some say are targeting the more than 1 million Jews in the...
In deleted tweet, Tlaib falsely blames ‘white supremacy’ for Jersey City shooting
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Thursday falsely blamed “white supremacy” for Tuesday’s shooting at the JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) retweeted a post on Thursday by the anti-Israel group IfNotNow,...
Twitter suspends accounts affiliated with Hamas and Hezbollah
Social-networking service Twitter has suspended numerous accounts affiliated with the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, according to media reports on Saturday.
Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television station protested on Saturday that most of its Twitter accounts had...
Lawmakers accuse Twitter of allowing content from Hamas and Hezbollah, violating law
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers accused Twitter on Tuesday of violating U.S. law in allowing content from U.S.-designated terrorist groups, including Hezbollah and Hamas, to appear on its site.
Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Tom...
Ocasio-Cortez accuses Trump of anti-Semitism for Twitter war against Rep. Adam Schiff
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accused U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend of being “engaged in deliberate, atrocious, targeted anti-Semitism” in response to the president’s Twitter attacks Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who is Jewish.
“Understand...
Rep. Ted Lieu uses anti-Semitic trope, accusing US Ambassador Friedman of dual-loyalty
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) accused U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Thursday of dual-loyalty, a common anti-Semitic trope, posting in a now-deleted tweet, “Dear @USAmbIsrael: You are an American. Your allegiance should be...
Netanyahu, Modi celebrate Israel-India ties via Twitter
Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed their mutual appreciation via Twitter on Sunday, celebrating the strong ties between the two nations.
The online greetings were triggered by a tweet...
Report: Bot accounts promoting Twitter campaign to boycott Eurovision
Hundreds of fake and bot accounts have been promoting a Twitter campaign calling on artists and others to boycott this month’s Eurovision song contest in Israel, according to a report by the country’s Ministry...