Twitter users vexed at Israel

A new topic has emerged on cell phone screens of Twitter users this Monday it said: "Israel hates". A search for the israelhates# (hashtag) (a keyword or topic on the social network) yields thousands of results being updated by the minute. It is unclear who initiated the hashtag, but it spread like wildfire within hours. Human rights and pro-Palestine activists are using the hashtag as a platform to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict, and users from Arab countries are voicing their complaints against Israel through the hashtag with tweets such as "Israel hates freedom and democracy" or "Israel hates schools for Palestinian children". Others are trying to direct the spotlight at other topics such as: "Why are you talking about Israel hates and not about Syria murdering masses of Syrians?" Another tweet said: "Israel hates the fact that homosexuality is illegal in Syria,"