Trending tweets this week about Israel and the Jewish people: Why Gaza actually does have plenty of bomb shelters; the aftermath of a rocket attack in central Israel; a scene in Israel you’ll never see anywhere else in the Middle East, and IfNotNow’s ignorance of Israeli history is exposed, once again.
1. The AJC’s Avi Mayer destroys anti-Israel activist Omar Ghraieb.
Sure it does. One is in the basement of Al-Shifa Hospital, where Hamas maintains its military command and control center: https://t.co/8j8Oy8wb7j. Others are under mosques and schools and are connected to one another via tunnels. Surely you must know that. https://t.co/DMuf33rB00
— Avi Mayer אבי מאיר (@AviMayer) March 25, 2019
2. The Jewish Chronicle’s shocking front page after a British-Israeli family’s home is demolished after a rocket was fired by Hamas in Gaza.
Our front page this week pic.twitter.com/3nZchWAx7P
— The Jewish Chronicle (@JewishChron) March 28, 2019
3. Hevenu Shalom Aleichem, and Salam Aleikum!
https://twitter.com/Imamofpeace/status/1111049137493929984
4. Spoof account The Mossad reacts after two children were armed with knives and sent from Gaza into Israel.
https://twitter.com/TheMossadIL/status/1111960709636734976
5. British commentator: Donald Trump’s move to recognise Israeli sovereignty in the Golan was the right thing to do.
Donald Trump was right to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights: https://t.co/R7DL8VeIt7
— Douglas Murray (@DouglasKMurray) March 28, 2019
6. This brilliant thread by Elder of Ziyon lays bare precisely what reporters repeatedly fail to acknowledge about Hamas’ strategy and actions in Gaza.
https://twitter.com/elderofziyon/status/1110306520191942658
https://twitter.com/elderofziyon/status/1110310948726820864
7. The IDF ridicules the claim that it’s facing mere “unarmed protesters” on the Gaza border.
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̵p̵r̵o̵t̵e̵s̵t̵e̵r̵s̵ pic.twitter.com/WK5dF4iFXQ— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 28, 2019
8. Avi Mayer returns, pointing out that Hamas rockets are far from “harmless”.
Drone footage from the site of this morning's Palestinian rocket strike near Tel Aviv, in which seven Israelis—including two infants—were wounded. The next time you hear someone say these rockets are "primitive" or "harmless," send them this video. pic.twitter.com/OJK3ef6AMJ
— Avi Mayer אבי מאיר (@AviMayer) March 25, 2019
9. i24 News anchor Eylon A. Levy responds simply and smartly to more idiocy from IfNotNow, after the organization false claimed that Netanyahu has a history of warmongering around election season.
https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1110235100661407744
10. Elder of Ziyon wraps up this week’s list by holding Ilhan Omar to her word.
https://twitter.com/elderofziyon/status/1110635811836493826