A series of tweets by Yair Netanyahu, Israel’s PM son, on what he called history of the term “Palestine” have backfired on him.
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It started when Benjamin Netanyahu’s son took to Twitter to post pictures from a Palestinian village called Lifta in Jerusalem, preceding it by the Israeli flag.
His tweet sparked anger and controversy with a wave of comments and retweets correcting him on Twitter.
The controversy led Yair Netanyahu to respond by addressing “Arabs” with a map clarifying how Arabs before the 7th century were in "Arabia" and they have colonized Christians and Jews in the Middle East to occupy 22 countries in the region.
Dear Arabs. You have all the green. We have the little red dot. And u call us colonizers? B4 the 7 century Arabs were only in Arabia! All the Middle East was Greek and Christian with Jews living in judea. You are the colonizers! pic.twitter.com/DyQ42YmP2m
— Yair Netanyahu ?? (@YairNetanyahu) April 22, 2019
He also suggested that Jordan and Palestine have, in fact, the same flag which means that Palestinians should go back to their country, Jordan.
Go back to Jordan! This is judea!
— Yair Netanyahu ?? (@YairNetanyahu) April 22, 2019
Netanyahu went on to share misinformation on how the Arabic language does not have the “P” sound, hence there is no such “Palestine” thing. Despite the fact that Palestine in Arabic is called "Falasteen".
Hi all the idiots that twist “Palestine”. There’s no such thing! There is even no P in Arabic. Palestine is name the Romans gave to the land instead if Judea, as a punishment to the Jews for their revolt, 700 years before Mohammad was born. You arabs bending in *arabia* and we
— Yair Netanyahu ?? (@YairNetanyahu) April 22, 2019
This was followed by a thread of misinterpreted historical information on the lands of Palestine and the Kingdom of Judah to prove Israel’s correlation to the lands.
Meanwhile, his tweets went viral as more people mocked him.
There is no J in Hebrew, do you think Jews don't exist? https://t.co/Np3GY0R8v3
— The Afrikomen (@aptly_engineerd) April 23, 2019
He was also described as racist and ignorant for suggesting Israel's relations to the land while completely ignoring Palestinians roots to the land.
This racist fool addressed a youth event at the @AIPAC conference https://t.co/xDeo7YoEjh
— Abe Silberstein (@abesilbe) April 23, 2019
The 28-year-old son of Israel’s Prime Minister has been a controversial figure on the Internet for years now. The latest was his suspension from Facebook after sharing anti-Muslim posts.
