Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Congress about the dangers Israel will face if Iran is allowed to build nuclear weapons this morning. The majority of tweets on social media were positive, but many took the opportunity to call Netanyahu a “terrorist” and condemn the existence of Israel.
https://twitter.com/dazk84/status/572793391056084992
https://twitter.com/Ahmadazz5/status/572793599600943104
#Netanyahu is talking about Syrians being slaughtered–you're slaughtering Palestinians yourself so don't even talk about slaughter homie
— Rosa Rad (@rosarad47) March 3, 2015
@BarakRavid @haaretzcom war criminal Netanyahu and his backers are a threat not only to Israel and middle east but to the whole world
— Berat Çelik (@berVtcelik) March 3, 2015
I'm not so blindly anti-Israel to realise that #Iran isn't a great deal better. Regardless #Netanyahu needs to stfu asap #NetanyahuSpeech
— اسلام (@AfroArabian_) March 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/rob_cart123/status/572796338305437696
https://twitter.com/RealDwneastDiva/status/572796583957409792
https://twitter.com/NalinLalwani/status/572797679308181504
https://twitter.com/Bint_Moshood/status/572798393631842304
#Netanyahu is like mamas boy to the USA .. They should stop arming this terrorist.
— Nadine❦ (@NadinMonroe) March 3, 2015
If you're listening to Netanyahu's address I strongly recommend following @jricole for commentary.
— Youssof Mal (@youssofmal) March 3, 2015
The account belongs to Juan Cole, who describes himself as a public intellectual on global affairs and human rights. His tweets during the speech were virulently anti-Israel, as displayed below.
But Iran hasn't conquered anything at all
— Juan Cole (@jricole) March 3, 2015
Iran hasn't gobbled up 4 countries! It has allied with local forces; Israel occupies parts of 3 countries
— Juan Cole (@jricole) March 3, 2015
5 Surprising Ways Iran is better than Israel http://t.co/3xL13kDbeu
— Juan Cole (@jricole) March 3, 2015
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