Sr. Policy Analyst, Aus./Israel & Jewish Affairs Council. Expertise in Israeli politics, security. Tweets do not reflect the views of AIJAC. Likes≠endorsement
Dec 16 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
Ramallah News is an immensely popular Facebook page that gets a lot of social media engagement among Palestinians. Today, they posted about Albo's visit to the hero who disarmed a Bondi Beach terrorist. A feel-good story, that got a lot of positive comments, right? Wrong. =>
Based on a detailed analysis by Google Gemini of the 213 comments so far, the sentiment toward Ahmed is overwhelmingly negative.
Unsupportive / Hostile: Approximately 75%
Supportive / Defending: Approximately 20%
Neutral / Ambiguous: Approximately 5%
Wait. It gets worse. =>
Mar 26, 2021 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
One of the remarkable stories of the Israeli election is the Likud achieving a historically high percentage of Arab votes. In one Arab city, the Likud soared close to 10x (!) higher than in past elections. In most areas, their vote at least doubled. THREAD #israelelections
In the Beduin city of Rahat in the northern Negev, Netanyahu's vote improved by 896% (!!!) over the last election.
21st Knesset: 0.58% (93 votes)
22nd Knesset: 0.82% (160 votes)
23rd Knesset: 0.61% (136 votes)
24th Knesset: 6.08% (1,026 votes)