Israel Presses Twitter: Stop Giving Iran’s Khamenei Free Pass (VIDEO)

This week, a hearing in Israel's parliament once again revealed Twitter's double standard when enforcing its own hate speech policies. Israeli…

By February 14, 2021


This week, a hearing in Israel’s parliament once again revealed Twitter’s double standard when enforcing its own hate speech policies. Israeli lawmakers had one burning question: Why is Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei allowed to promote genocide on Twitter?

Khamenei has used his Twitter account to repeatedly call for Israel’s destruction. When asked point-blank why these tweets have not been removed, a Twitter representative stumbled over the question.

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Akiva Van Koningsveld

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Originally from The Hague, Akiva Van Koningsveld left The Netherlands for Israel in the fall of 2020. Before joining the HonestReporting team, he worked as a policy officer at the Center for Information and Documentation Israel, a Dutch organization dedicated to combating antisemitism and spreading awareness of the Arab-Israel conflict.

Akiva studied journalism at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. In 2020, he graduated from Utrecht University with a law degree, focusing on the intersection of human rights and civil liability.

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