Many Twitter (X) users noticed accounts that popped up recently having 🔻 emoji used either in Twitter names or in the comment section
This is Hamas’ insignia and whoever uses it wants you to know they are specifically pro-Hamas supporters
Let’s talk about it
A thread 🧵👇🏼 1/
Initially the emoji was used by Hamas early in the ground offensive (early November) to show propaganda videos of Hamas members shooting RPG at Israeli tanks & soldiers
Usually the videos zoomed in & provided a clearer image of a target, signified by pointing this 🔻 3 times 2/
Immediately after it was used by Hamas and its Al Qassam Brigades in their propaganda posters, it was then picked up by various western pro-Hamas accounts on many social networks who weaved this 🔻 in their posts, like you see it below
🔻-hamas-symbol
3/ knowyourmeme.com/memes/red-tria…
Also major pro-Palestinian (or pro-Hamas specifically) accounts (to name a few, Syrian Girl, the Mint Press, for example) followed and started to spread it all over adding significance and meaning to it. Read by @RamzyBaroud:
4/ mintpressnews.com/gaza-silent-me…
Simultaneously Hamas itself through affiliated telegram channels began to use this 🔻 more and more and referenced it to the red triangle on the Palestinian 🇵🇸 flag, as may be seen in the end of this video
Various arts appeared that peddle the same idea as part of the flag
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At this point this symbol is fully associated with Hamas and used by its allies (in Iran, Yemen & Bahrain as you may see below), like Z & V letters from current Russian war against Ukraine or Nazi swastika. Btw, we will see how Nazis are also connected to this matter later
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It became a symbol of current war, strongly associated with Hamas & its activities to the degree that even a pro-Hamas Spanish minister dropped her Palestinian flag in bio in favor of only Hamas 🔻
This is before and after criticism from the UN Watch
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For some reason large accounts in Spain with millions of followers think it is absolutely normal to openly support Hamas
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Cherry on top. Inadvertently (or maybe deliberately) Hamas utilized a symbol that has historical connection to Nazism, bigotry antisemitism and homophobia - it was used by Nazi Germany as a concentration badge of shame
Bottom line: 🔻 is a major 🚩
9/9 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_conc…
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