Thread by @nofilter_Il

Some Israeli public figures responded to the #BeirutBlast with calls for aid & solidarity.
Ron Huldai, Mayor of #TelAviv, announced that City Hall will be lit with the colors of #Lebanon's flag.
Others have responded with their usual mix of racism & nationalism.
Thread👇

Huldai said: "Humanity precedes any conflict, and our hearts are with the Lebanese people following the terrible disaster it experienced"
haaretz.com/israel-news/te…

To that, Yair #Netanyahu, the Prime Minister's son responded: "Waving an enemy state's flag is a criminal offense!!!!"
It isn't illegal, and neither Huladi nor City Hall are waving it. 🤷🤷🤷

Original Tweet👇

https://twitter.com/YairNetanyahu/status/1290941106067320834?s=20

Former #Likud MK Oren #Hazan: "There's only one word that can describe this lunatic act:

Treason!

And the responsible must be indicted."

This isn't treason by the definition of the Israeli law and no one will be indicted.🤷🤷🤷

A user responded to #Hazan: "You're an idiot, there are people there."

Hazan responded: "who live in an enemy state. I'm not saying we should pop up Champaign bottles in celebration but the other end of this spectrum like this act and the warm embrace given by some to the Lebanese is also wrong."

Hazan: "As I said my heart goes to them [sarcastically], but I think about those who were hurt here and what emotions it provokes for them."

Original Tweet👇

https://twitter.com/oren_haz/status/1291061146590511105?s=20

Former MoJ, MK Ayelet #Shaked: In a well-ordered country the Tel Aviv City Hall would've been colored orange tonight as a reminder of the evacuation of Gush Katif [former settlements in the #Gaza strip]. Instead we get the flag of an enemy state. The world has gone upside-down."

Original Tweet👇

https://twitter.com/Ayelet__Shaked/status/1290968773223161857?s=20

MK Rafi #Peretz: "It is possible and necessary to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians injured in Lebanon, but raising the flag of an enemy state in the heart of Tel Aviv is a moral confusion."...

...Peretz: "Lebanon has allowed Hezbollah to intensify and even allows Iranian terrorist activities to take over its territory."...

...Peretz: "15 years ago we raised an orange flag. A flag of lovers who are heartbroken from being torn from their homeland. I didn't see the Tel Aviv City Hall waving this flag."

Original Tweet👇

https://twitter.com/realrafiperets/status/1290968488190902273?s=20

MK Bezalel #Smotrich: "Regarding the aid proposals to Lebanon, a clear distinction must be made between two levels: if we have a political benefit from this and we get points in the international arena and it is in our interest anyway - OK.

Smotrich: "But morally we have no duty or need to extend aid to a distinct enemy state. `He who has mercy on the cruel will end up being cruel to the merciful.`"

Original Tweet👇

https://twitter.com/bezalelsm/status/1290888036860014593?s=20

Lastly, Former MK Moshe #Feiglin posted a long post on Facebook which he closed with the following: "today is fifteenth of Av, a day for being happy – and send a sincere and huge thank you to God and all the real (!) geniuses and heroes who arranged this wonderful party"

Full translation if you feel like reading it all👇

Feiglin: "Rabbi Shimon ben Gamaliel said: There were no days of joy in Israel greater than the fifteenth of Av and Yom Kippur.”
This verse from the Mishna acquired a topical meaning yesterday…"

Feiglin: "For the “holiday of love” [the Jewish festival celebrated on fifteenth of Av] we got an “astounding pyrotechnical spectacle” in the port of Beirut.
You don’t really believe that it was some messy storage of fuels, right?"

Feiglin: "You understand that this hell was supposed to fall on us in a rain of missiles?!
I have some experience with explosives. The biggest explosion I ever witnessed was of 2.5 tons of TNT.
What we saw yesterday in the port of Beirut was much larger."

Feiglin: "The blast effect (excluding radiation) was equal to a mini nuclear bomb."

Feiglin: "It is interesting that when Einstein approached Roosevelt and brought to his attention the physical possibility of creating an atomic bomb, he explained that this bomb will be able to destroy a medium-sized port on its own…"

Feiglin: "Now pay attention, especially in the photos taken from the sea, to the huge vacuum at the center of the explosion, which sucked sea water inside and raised – a mushroom that looks like a nuclear blast.
For years I have been warning that withdrawing from Lebanon and"…

…Feiglin: "the new strategic position against Hezbollah (“thanks” to Four Mothers, “thanks” to Shelly Yachimovich, and of course special “thanks” to Ehud #Barak), placed #Israel in a balance of terror that is equivalent to an atomic bomb on our northern border."

Feiglin: "True, the horrible radiation effect is not there, but! This is spread across accurate warheads of 200,000 missiles that can reach any strategic point in Israel."

Feiglin: "So keep on celebrating the withdrawal from Lebanon and the insane risk in which you put your children and our children – the narrative of this great “smart move” is undoubtedly more helpful than admitting your sins."

Feiglin: "But never mind… today is fifteenth of Av, a day for being happy – and send a sincere and huge thank you to God and all the real (!) geniuses and heroes who arranged this wonderful party for us to celebrate the holiday of love."

Original Facebook Post👇
facebook.com/story.php?stor…

We'd like to offer our condolences for those who lost someone in the explosion or in its aftermath. May they rest in peace.
We wish #Beirut's wounded a speedy recovery and a swift justice for those responsible for this disaster.

If you want to help, here are some ways you can donate to organizations that are trying to mitigate this ongoing crisis.👇

https://twitter.com/BeirutMadinati/status/1291004228924841984?s=20

P.S
The Prime Minister's account in Arabic is boasting that the City Hall is now lit with the colors of the Lebanese flag.

https://twitter.com/IsraelArabic/status/1291057552231469058?s=20