On Friday, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched a social media campaign, #AskHamas, to reach out to the world. The campaign was launched given the imminent deadline for appeals against an EU court ruling that the movement should be taken off the EU’s list of “terrorist organisations”.
The campaign has however attracted an unprecedented number of trolls, spamming the feeds for #AskHamas.
Below are some of the best #AskHamas questions and comebacks.
But first, here is a statement from Palestinian Christian leader, Father Manuel Musallam, describing Hamas:
The best questions
#AskHamas How do u maintain such impeccable restraint against Israel’s ongoing blockade & daily ceasefire violations http://t.co/5vS9KZ7Q9A
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) March 14, 2015
#AskHamas How do you maintain such restraint in the face of daily Israeli ceasefire violations and terror? https://t.co/LNbYAco7K7
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) March 14, 2015
#AskHamas How would assess the performance of the Israeli army at its Nahal Oz base of occupation? https://t.co/ZvKLfndPeI
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) March 13, 2015
#AskHamas How do u you maintain ur humanity in the face of an enemy that deliberately targets ur children, schools, hospitals, journalists?
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) March 14, 2015
Is it true that Israeli soldiers are chickenshit cowards in any fair fight on the ground? #AskHamas
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) March 14, 2015
Supporters of the Israeli occupation are now using the #AskHamas hashtag to feign concern for the human rights of Palestinians. Gross.
— Daniel Wickham (@DanielWickham93) March 13, 2015
Some even ask, ‘Why #AskHamas?’
Why #AskHamas when Palestinian Christian can too tell you about Israelis’ barbarity towards non-Jews! pic.twitter.com/ZAUfMpdfIy
— Palestine Info Eng. (@palinfoen) March 15, 2015
Why #AskHamas ? #AskIsrael why are they illegally blockading Gaza for 8 years? pic.twitter.com/JtXzZuf7Qj
— InCapital24 (@InCapitol24) March 14, 2015
Why #AskHamas ? #AskIsrael why do they shoot at Gaza fishermen preventing them from feeding their families? pic.twitter.com/tpn8E0JRcG
— InCapital24 (@InCapitol24) March 14, 2015
#AskHamas A child’s drawing from Gaza. What is best way for a foreigner to help the children suffering from trauma? pic.twitter.com/8GgimUNQed
— Lora Lucero (@LoraLucero) March 13, 2015
How every often is electricity powered on and powered off in the Gaza Strip? Is there a pattern or is it sporadic? #AskHamas@HamasInfoEn
— #OpIsrael (@Op_Israel) March 13, 2015
The best comebacks and Israeli fails
@RawhiMushtaha is a Palestinian who spent 25 years in Israeli prisons
What we have here is an example of @RawhiMushtaha burning Zionist trolls with awesome comebacks on #AskHamaspic.twitter.com/Vx7Z5qvMct
— Ⓐhmad (@ANimer) March 14, 2015
When you’re trolling, but inadvertently remind everyone your country is responsible for destroying #Gaza. #AskHamaspic.twitter.com/4wK5Ipu8vn
— Dara de Brún (@DaraDeBrun) March 13, 2015
#AskHamas would you rate @MaxBlumenthal‘s book as Great or the Greatest ever? And would you have to kill him as a Jew if he came to visit?
— Gidon Shaviv (@GidonShaviv) March 13, 2015
[@MaxBlumenthal spent time in Gaza. He is still alive!]
#AskHamas Why are you indoctrinating your children to embrace violence? Oh wait! Those are Israeli kids. pic.twitter.com/eyF7EFQSe7
— فهد الأسمر (@FahadAlasmar) March 13, 2015
The worlds most moral army. Just #AskHamaspic.twitter.com/hlX8kciaec
— Adnan Sadiq (@AdnanSadiq01) March 14, 2015
On Shujaiyeh & Operation ‘Protective Edge’
During last Summer’s Israeli attack on Gaza, the Shujaiyeh neighbourhood saw some of the most brutal shelling by the IDF.
Here is how the Israeli newspaper Haaretz described the events:
During the fighting in Shujaiyeh a week ago, the bloodiest battle of Operation Protective Edge on both sides, Hamas’ counterattack at Israeli soldiers was so fierce that the army ordered its troops to take cover in armored personnel carriers, then laid down extraordinary firepower only 100 meters away from them to save their lives.
Hamas and the local residents managed to kill 13 of the Israeli invaders, which led the IDF to pounding the neighbourhood with over 600 artilery shells and countless missiles from fighter jets, while IDF troops took shelter with armoured personal carriers.
Here are some of the best tweets on the topic:
Did invading Israeli soldiers fight bravely or cower against Gazans defending their homes in Shujaiya? #AskHamashttp://t.co/XXOy0WjMJi
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) March 14, 2015
#AskHamas Why did the elite Golani Brigade retreat in fear when young men in Shujaiya came out to defend their homes? http://t.co/XrDHSmCJCH
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) March 14, 2015
#AskHamas How would assess the performance of the Israeli army at its Nahal Oz base of occupation? https://t.co/ZvKLfndPeI
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) March 13, 2015
. @MichaelD_Kaplan@HamasInfoEn In 51 days of war, We could have attacked Israeli civilians. We had the chance to. we did not #AskHamas
— Rawhi Mushtaha (@RawhiMushtaha) March 14, 2015
What people really think of #AskHamas and the trolls
You know Hamas is doing something right when ALL Israel’s paid trolls are butthurt. #askHamas about that
— Gaza Writes Back (@ThisIsGaZa) March 13, 2015
As the #AskHamas campaign is going on right now, play some Hasbara Bingo! Take your bingo cards! pic.twitter.com/WIiBgjfNv8
— #OpIsrael (@Op_Israel) March 13, 2015
#AskHamas was a brilliant move. Anyone reviewing the tweets will get the impression Zionists are immature, racist and obsessed with goats.
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) March 14, 2015
Hamas brilliantly uses #AskHamas hashtag to display the racism & barbarity of Israels trollish supporters.
— Blue DuPage (@BlueDuPage) March 13, 2015
Thanks to the #AskHamas hashtag, scores of pro #Israel trolls are out there in force acting very immature. ? #Gaza#Palestine
— J. Shawa جاسم الشوا (@shawajason) March 13, 2015
I really really expected the #AskHamas to bring about change in Hamas and in the world. Too bad Israel employs teens to copy-paste #AskHamas
— Gaza Writes Back (@ThisIsGaZa) March 13, 2015
Israel to use citizens as army in social media war http://t.co/4gti5mxxOG – the truth behind attempted hijacking of #askhamas
— Denny Cormier (@santafeez) March 15, 2015
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