Twitter blocks Hamas profiles in Israel after trial

Hamas members participate in protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital in northern Gaza Strip – 07/12 / 2017 (Mohammed Salem / Reuters) Justice blocks the profiles of the Islamist movement Hamas The profile of the leader of the movement, Izat Risheq was also suspended. , they post the error message: "The profile was withheld in Israel in response to a lawsuit." According to the "information" section of Twitter, the statement "means that Twitter has kept all the content of the profile in under local law and in response to a complaint through the specific channels of the support team. " In early June, Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan warned Twitter's CEO, Jack Dorsey, that he was a terrorist group from Israel, the United States, the Union. European and other Western countries.

Omid Kordestani, the general manager of the social network, said that they would "face criminal charges in Israel if the accounts of Hamas and Islamic Jihad were not closed." Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip since it expelled the nationalist forces of Al Fatah in 2007, often uses social networks to publicize its communications and positions.