Yesterday, Monday, X Corp, the company that owns the X platform (formerly Twitter), closed a new account launched by the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, on the X platform, and published on it some of its operations against the Israeli occupation army.
The Al-Qassam Brigades had launched its official account on the “X” platform on the evening of Monday, January 8, 2024, to share news of the resistance, the latest military operations, and developments in the confrontation it is waging against the Israeli occupation forces during the war in Gaza.
Al-Qassam’s account only lasted a few hours before the platform closed it, claiming that it “violates the platform’s standards.”
When the journalist and political activist Jackson Hinkle, owner of “X,” asked: Elon Musk“Why was Hamas’s account banned on the platform while Israeli terrorists are allowed to keep their accounts?
Platform owner Elon Musk responded by saying: “This was a difficult decision. While many government leaders, including in the United States, advocate killing people, we have the UN exemption rule.”
This was a tough call.
While many government leaders, including in the USA, do call for killing people, we have a “UN exemption rule”; if a government is recognized by the UN, we will not suspend their accounts.
Hamas is not recognized as a government by the UN, so was…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2024
Musk added, “If the United Nations recognizes a government, we will not suspend its accounts. Hamas is not recognized as a government by the United Nations, so its membership has been suspended.”
The “X” platform had previously deleted hundreds of accounts affiliated with the Hamas movement, after a threat it received from the European Commission, which threatened it with sanctions and called on it to issue a clarification regarding information and images circulated on the platform regarding the Al-Aqsa flood operation on October 7th.
The Palestinian resistance was launched on October 7 last year Operation Al-Aqsa Flood On military sites and settlements around the Gaza Strip, killing more than 1,200 Israelis and capturing about 250, in response to the occupation’s crimes against holy sites and civilians in Jerusalem AndWest Bank And Gaza.
Since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the “Al-Qassam Brigades” has been broadcasting all its statements via the “Telegram” platform, following the restrictions of social media platforms such as “Instagram,” “Facebook,” and “X” on Palestinian content.
On November 29, 2023, activists around the world launched the “We Will Not Be Silenced” campaign to protest the ban on content supporting Palestine and the narrowing of its reach across social platforms.
Mask and appease Israel
On November 27, 2023, Musk made a visit to Israel, met its leaders, and toured the Galaf settlements. Gaza stripIn an attempt to appease Tel Aviv after accusing him of “anti-Semitism.”
Musk appeared wearing a bullet-proof vest and was surrounded by heavily armed people. Immediately upon his arrival, he tweeted on his VX account, saying: “Actions speak louder than words.”
Video clips documented Musk’s visit to the occupied Palestinian territories and his meeting with the Israeli president Isaac Herzog And the Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuHe took him on a tour to Kibbutz “Kfar Azza” on the border of the Gaza Strip, which was one of the scenes of the Al-Aqsa flood attack on the seventh of last October.
Elon Musk visits Israel and inspects the Gaza Strip with a bullet-proof vest. Did he declare his support for the Israeli war on Gaza? 👀#Gaza_War#networkspic.twitter.com/2h8W54mo8q
– Al Jazeera Channel (@AJArabic) November 28, 2023
On the sidelines of the visit, Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Qarai announced a preliminary agreement between his ministry and Musk not to operate the Starlink system – which provides satellite Internet service – in the Gaza Strip except with Israel’s approval.
X Corp will be donating all revenue from advertising & subscriptions associated with the war in Gaza to hospitals in Israel and the Red Cross/Crescent in Gaza
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2023
On November 21, the owner of the “X” platform announced that all advertising and subscription revenues related to the war on the Gaza Strip would be donated to hospitals in Israel and to the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Gaza.
Source : Al Jazeera + Websites + social media sites
