15 aug 2016
Nada Kiswanson says that she is being targeted because of her role seeking accountability for Israeli war crimes at the International Criminal Court.
For the last six months, Nada Kiswanson has received a steady stream of death threats while she has worked with the International Criminal Court as it probes possible war crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians.
The Jordanian-Swedish human rights lawyer with the Palestinian group Al-Haq has reported receiving intimidating phone calls, emails and a bouquet of flowers with an ominous message, threatening the lives of her and her family. She has been also been contacted by someone impersonating a Dutch governmental official.
Al-Haq and Kiswanson believe the intimidation campaign is designed to discourage their advocacy.
This month Kiswanson received a message stating she was “not safe at all and hopefully this would remain.”
“It’s very clear that the reason I’m being threatened is because of the work that I do in Europe and particularly at the International Criminal Court,” she told the Associated Press.
“My channels of communication have been totally compromised,” she told Reuters.
Sophisticated, organized attacks
Kiswanson believes that Israel may be behind the threats because of the sophisticated nature of the harassment campaign and the substance of her work.
For instance, within a day of purchasing an anonymous prepaid cell phone, she received threats in English, Dutch, and “broken Arabic.” Threats have also reached her through her family’s prepaid cell phones. She told Reuters that one of her relatives in Sweden was called and told that Kiswanson would be “eliminated.”
FIDH, the International Federation for Human Rights, describes the campaign as a well-organized, sophisticated pattern of attacks that requires financial backing. One incident involved thousands of flyers bearing Al-Haq’s logo and Kiswanson’s personal details being distributed throughout her neighborhood.
Amnesty International temporarily closed its office in The Hague after an employee’s email account was hacked to send Kiswanson a message. Three other organizations working with the International Criminal Court on Israeli war crimes have also shut down as a precaution, according to the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.
Al-Haq first revealed its employees had been targeted last March, but has kept the details and scope of the harassment discreet.
Last week the Dutch authorities announced they were investigating the threats made against several human rights organizations.
Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon dismissed suspicions of his government’s involvement, telling the Associated Press, “We do not react to such preposterous allegations.”
But Dutch authorities have said they are not excluding that possibility. The prosecutor has said they are investigating “various scenarios” but have not come to any conclusions.
The Dutch authorities say they are providing Kiswanson with security.
“We are taking this very seriously,” prosecutors told the Associated Press, saying they’ve requested international assistance.
Herman von Hebel, the registrar of the International Criminal Court, told NRC Handelsblad that the body has never seen such threats to employees of nongovernmental organization working with the court. He said the Dutch authorities were dismissive of the problem until the court intervened.
“We saw immediately: these threats are serious. This should be looked at. And there should be more protection for [nongovernmental organizations] in the Netherlands,” he said.
Von Hebel emphasized that the International Criminal Court relies on groups like Al-Haq to provide documentation which is used by the court to determine whether there is a criminal case.
“It is an attempt to prevent someone to give us information. That is an attack on the very idea of fighting large-scale injustice,” he said.
Wider campaign
Another Palestinian group advocating for prosecution at the International Criminal Court has also been threatened.
The Gaza-based Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights stated last week that its staff had been “subjected to a protracted campaign” of harassment and intimidation, including an email sent to a senior staff member threatening him and his family with death, showing “recent pictures of his house [taken] from a close range.”
“These attacks have intensified when our staff members were working on international litigation, including reporting to the International Criminal Court, and international advocacy focusing on accountability for serious violations of international law by the Israeli military,” the group added.
Al-Mezan said they decided to go public once the harassment, which included “suspicious email messages, Facebook posts, [and] telephone calls to staff, donors and friends” escalated to direct death threats.
“This pattern of attacks follows a wave of hostility towards human rights [nongovernmental organizations] involved in advancing accountability in what Israel considers as ‘lawfare.’”
Documenting war crimes
Since January 2015, the ICC has been conducting a preliminary examination of possible war crimes committed by Israel in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014. The investigation will also look into allegations of war crimes committed by Palestinians during the same period.
More than 2,200 Palestinians were killed during Israel’s assault on Gaza that summer.
In November, Al-Haq joined several other human rights groups, including Al-Mezan, Al Dameer and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, in delivering documentation of alleged crimes committed by the Israeli army during the 51-day onslaught to the International Criminal Court prosecutor.
Amnesty International has urged the Netherlands to commit more to protecting Kiswanson and other human rights workers.
“We call upon the Dutch government, at the highest level, to publicly state that these grave threats, which may be international in origin, are unacceptable on Dutch territory,” the group stated.
For the last six months, Nada Kiswanson has received a steady stream of death threats while she has worked with the International Criminal Court as it probes possible war crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians.
The Jordanian-Swedish human rights lawyer with the Palestinian group Al-Haq has reported receiving intimidating phone calls, emails and a bouquet of flowers with an ominous message, threatening the lives of her and her family. She has been also been contacted by someone impersonating a Dutch governmental official.
Al-Haq and Kiswanson believe the intimidation campaign is designed to discourage their advocacy.
This month Kiswanson received a message stating she was “not safe at all and hopefully this would remain.”
“It’s very clear that the reason I’m being threatened is because of the work that I do in Europe and particularly at the International Criminal Court,” she told the Associated Press.
“My channels of communication have been totally compromised,” she told Reuters.
Sophisticated, organized attacks
Kiswanson believes that Israel may be behind the threats because of the sophisticated nature of the harassment campaign and the substance of her work.
For instance, within a day of purchasing an anonymous prepaid cell phone, she received threats in English, Dutch, and “broken Arabic.” Threats have also reached her through her family’s prepaid cell phones. She told Reuters that one of her relatives in Sweden was called and told that Kiswanson would be “eliminated.”
FIDH, the International Federation for Human Rights, describes the campaign as a well-organized, sophisticated pattern of attacks that requires financial backing. One incident involved thousands of flyers bearing Al-Haq’s logo and Kiswanson’s personal details being distributed throughout her neighborhood.
Amnesty International temporarily closed its office in The Hague after an employee’s email account was hacked to send Kiswanson a message. Three other organizations working with the International Criminal Court on Israeli war crimes have also shut down as a precaution, according to the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.
Al-Haq first revealed its employees had been targeted last March, but has kept the details and scope of the harassment discreet.
Last week the Dutch authorities announced they were investigating the threats made against several human rights organizations.
Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon dismissed suspicions of his government’s involvement, telling the Associated Press, “We do not react to such preposterous allegations.”
But Dutch authorities have said they are not excluding that possibility. The prosecutor has said they are investigating “various scenarios” but have not come to any conclusions.
The Dutch authorities say they are providing Kiswanson with security.
“We are taking this very seriously,” prosecutors told the Associated Press, saying they’ve requested international assistance.
Herman von Hebel, the registrar of the International Criminal Court, told NRC Handelsblad that the body has never seen such threats to employees of nongovernmental organization working with the court. He said the Dutch authorities were dismissive of the problem until the court intervened.
“We saw immediately: these threats are serious. This should be looked at. And there should be more protection for [nongovernmental organizations] in the Netherlands,” he said.
Von Hebel emphasized that the International Criminal Court relies on groups like Al-Haq to provide documentation which is used by the court to determine whether there is a criminal case.
“It is an attempt to prevent someone to give us information. That is an attack on the very idea of fighting large-scale injustice,” he said.
Wider campaign
Another Palestinian group advocating for prosecution at the International Criminal Court has also been threatened.
The Gaza-based Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights stated last week that its staff had been “subjected to a protracted campaign” of harassment and intimidation, including an email sent to a senior staff member threatening him and his family with death, showing “recent pictures of his house [taken] from a close range.”
“These attacks have intensified when our staff members were working on international litigation, including reporting to the International Criminal Court, and international advocacy focusing on accountability for serious violations of international law by the Israeli military,” the group added.
Al-Mezan said they decided to go public once the harassment, which included “suspicious email messages, Facebook posts, [and] telephone calls to staff, donors and friends” escalated to direct death threats.
“This pattern of attacks follows a wave of hostility towards human rights [nongovernmental organizations] involved in advancing accountability in what Israel considers as ‘lawfare.’”
Documenting war crimes
Since January 2015, the ICC has been conducting a preliminary examination of possible war crimes committed by Israel in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014. The investigation will also look into allegations of war crimes committed by Palestinians during the same period.
More than 2,200 Palestinians were killed during Israel’s assault on Gaza that summer.
In November, Al-Haq joined several other human rights groups, including Al-Mezan, Al Dameer and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, in delivering documentation of alleged crimes committed by the Israeli army during the 51-day onslaught to the International Criminal Court prosecutor.
Amnesty International has urged the Netherlands to commit more to protecting Kiswanson and other human rights workers.
“We call upon the Dutch government, at the highest level, to publicly state that these grave threats, which may be international in origin, are unacceptable on Dutch territory,” the group stated.
13 aug 2016
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Palestinian journalists and activists have launched a campaign to demand Google add Palestine to Google Maps application instead of Israel.
Forum of Palestinian Journalists issued a statement refusing the deletion of Palestine from the map, and calling upon Google to delete Israel since it is an occupying entity. Technical Error! Claiming it was all a result of a bug, Google spokesperson said that Palestine used to appear by clicking on some distinctive marks in the West |
Bank and the Gaza Strip. She added that they are working on solving the problem and restoring these distinctive marks.
Google Maps does not include the name “Palestine” although 136 countries in the UN recognize the State of Palestine.
#HereIsPalestine
Palestinian activists launched the hashtag #HereIsPalestine to condemn the deletion of Palestine.
Activist Mohammed Bassif expressed his doubts regarding what Google reported to be a technical problem. Bassif said, “Google responded [to deleting Palestine] that it was a problem.
My question is: How come a problem occurs when entering Palestine in all input languages?” It will always be Palestine “
This land will always be Palestine. Not Israel,” Bassif added.
The journalists are seeking to pressure Google through signing a petition by Google Maps users to demand Google add Palestine to the map.
The number of supporters have reached 300,000 in the first 24 hours.
On change.org, users can sign the petition by clicking on (GOOGLE: Put Palestine On Your Maps!). According to the Palestinian journalists, such incidents remind the people of how important the technology is in affecting the understanding of the world.
Google Maps does not include the name “Palestine” although 136 countries in the UN recognize the State of Palestine.
#HereIsPalestine
Palestinian activists launched the hashtag #HereIsPalestine to condemn the deletion of Palestine.
Activist Mohammed Bassif expressed his doubts regarding what Google reported to be a technical problem. Bassif said, “Google responded [to deleting Palestine] that it was a problem.
My question is: How come a problem occurs when entering Palestine in all input languages?” It will always be Palestine “
This land will always be Palestine. Not Israel,” Bassif added.
The journalists are seeking to pressure Google through signing a petition by Google Maps users to demand Google add Palestine to the map.
The number of supporters have reached 300,000 in the first 24 hours.
On change.org, users can sign the petition by clicking on (GOOGLE: Put Palestine On Your Maps!). According to the Palestinian journalists, such incidents remind the people of how important the technology is in affecting the understanding of the world.
12 aug 2016
Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights slammed the ongoing death threats launched by the Israelis against its staff members.
According to a statement by staff member Samir Zaqout, the personnel of al-Mezan Center have been subjected to a protracted Israeli campaign of intimidation, harassment, and threats since last year.
Zaqout said a senior staff member of al-Mezan received an Israeli death threat via email directed to himself and to his family with recent pictures of his house from a close range.
“These attacks follow a similar pattern of threats against our colleagues at al-Haq and seem to target NGOs that work on issues of accountability and access to justice for Palestinians,” he noted.
Al-Mezan Center strongly condemned these “malicious attacks on human rights defenders who work to promote human rights and international law by using peaceful and legal methods,” and called on the international community “to intervene and bring them to an end.”
According to a statement by the center, since late 2015, a protracted campaign has been waged against al-Mezan. Suspicious email messages, Facebook posts, telephone calls to staff, donors and friends have been frequent occurrences, carrying threats and false allegations about the integrity of al-Mezan and its staff members.
More recently these messages have contained direct death threats.
These attacks have intensified when the group’s staff members were working on international litigation, including reporting to the International Criminal Court, and international advocacy focusing on accountability for serious violations of international law by the Israeli military. “These interventions show that al-Mezan staff members are under close surveillance, using highly advanced capabilities,” the statement further read.
“So far, al-Mezan has chosen to deal cautiously and privately with these attacks. However, with these recent, direct death threats to staff and to their families, al-Mezan has decided to go public.”
“This smear campaign of false allegations and threats seems to be aimed at undermining al-Mezan's credibility and standing within our society and with partners and at distracting us from our human rights mission and work,” said al-Mezan.
“This campaign does not and will not scare al-Mezan. To the contrary, al-Mezan will continue to carry out its professional work on the promotion and protection mission using legitimate human rights and international law tools.”
Al-Mezan urged the international community, especially human rights defenders mechanisms at the United Nations, European Union, and on the national level, and on international human rights organizations to condemn these unwarranted attacks and take concrete measures to challenge and stop them.
According to a statement by staff member Samir Zaqout, the personnel of al-Mezan Center have been subjected to a protracted Israeli campaign of intimidation, harassment, and threats since last year.
Zaqout said a senior staff member of al-Mezan received an Israeli death threat via email directed to himself and to his family with recent pictures of his house from a close range.
“These attacks follow a similar pattern of threats against our colleagues at al-Haq and seem to target NGOs that work on issues of accountability and access to justice for Palestinians,” he noted.
Al-Mezan Center strongly condemned these “malicious attacks on human rights defenders who work to promote human rights and international law by using peaceful and legal methods,” and called on the international community “to intervene and bring them to an end.”
According to a statement by the center, since late 2015, a protracted campaign has been waged against al-Mezan. Suspicious email messages, Facebook posts, telephone calls to staff, donors and friends have been frequent occurrences, carrying threats and false allegations about the integrity of al-Mezan and its staff members.
More recently these messages have contained direct death threats.
These attacks have intensified when the group’s staff members were working on international litigation, including reporting to the International Criminal Court, and international advocacy focusing on accountability for serious violations of international law by the Israeli military. “These interventions show that al-Mezan staff members are under close surveillance, using highly advanced capabilities,” the statement further read.
“So far, al-Mezan has chosen to deal cautiously and privately with these attacks. However, with these recent, direct death threats to staff and to their families, al-Mezan has decided to go public.”
“This smear campaign of false allegations and threats seems to be aimed at undermining al-Mezan's credibility and standing within our society and with partners and at distracting us from our human rights mission and work,” said al-Mezan.
“This campaign does not and will not scare al-Mezan. To the contrary, al-Mezan will continue to carry out its professional work on the promotion and protection mission using legitimate human rights and international law tools.”
Al-Mezan urged the international community, especially human rights defenders mechanisms at the United Nations, European Union, and on the national level, and on international human rights organizations to condemn these unwarranted attacks and take concrete measures to challenge and stop them.
11 aug 2016
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Benjamin Netanyahu has released a new video in which he accuses Hamas of denying humanitarian aid to Palestinians, referring to the recent reports of humanitarian aid organizations diverting funds to Hamas, rather than providing actual humanitarian aid as Israel does; 'The Palestinian people deserve better.'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a new video in English on Thursday evening to his official Facebook page in which he claims, "I, the Prime Minister of Israel, care more about Palestinians than their own leaders do." The prime minister does qualify that statement by first stating that it was "something…that some of you will not believe." |
He addresses the recent revelations that humanitarian aid organization employees were transferring funds to Hamas, "the terrorist organization that rules Gaza."
He says, "A few days ago, the world learned that Hamas, the terrorist organization that rules Gaza, stole millions of dollars from humanitarian organizations like World Vision and the United Nations."
Netanyahu is referring to two separate, yet related affairs. The first was that the international Christian non-profit organization World Vision's Gaza Strip director, Mohammed el-Halabi, confessed to siphoning about $7.2 million a year in humanitarian funds to Hamas over five years. This was reported by the Shin Bet.
The second revelation concerned the construction of a marina built by Hamas's military wing in the northern Gaza Strip that was financed with funds siphoned from the United Nations Development Agency (UNDP). According to an indictment filed against 38-year-old engineer Waheed Borsh from Jabalia (north of Gaza City), the Gazan funneled aid money from UNDP to the construction of the marina, which Hamas naval commandos intended to use for future operations and training.
Speaking before book-filled shelves and flanked by an Israeli flag and a photograph of himself with his wife and two sons, the head of government compared the actions of Israel towards the Palestinians favorably against those of Hamas. He speaks, inter alia, of the Jewish State's facilitating the entry of aid into the Strip and the terrorist organization's seizing thereof and of Israeli hospitals treating wounded Gazans that Hamas would prevent from receiving help.
Netanyahu proposes, "Imagine, just imagine, where we might all be if
Palestinian leaders cared as much about helping their own people as they did about hurting our people. The Palestinian people deserve better."
He concludes dramatically, "The cynicism and cruelty of Hamas is hurting all of us. It's hurting peace."
In a response sent to AFP and reported by the same, senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat wrote, "The hatred that Mr. Netanyahu has for the Palestinian people causes him to invent a parallel history."
He says, "A few days ago, the world learned that Hamas, the terrorist organization that rules Gaza, stole millions of dollars from humanitarian organizations like World Vision and the United Nations."
Netanyahu is referring to two separate, yet related affairs. The first was that the international Christian non-profit organization World Vision's Gaza Strip director, Mohammed el-Halabi, confessed to siphoning about $7.2 million a year in humanitarian funds to Hamas over five years. This was reported by the Shin Bet.
The second revelation concerned the construction of a marina built by Hamas's military wing in the northern Gaza Strip that was financed with funds siphoned from the United Nations Development Agency (UNDP). According to an indictment filed against 38-year-old engineer Waheed Borsh from Jabalia (north of Gaza City), the Gazan funneled aid money from UNDP to the construction of the marina, which Hamas naval commandos intended to use for future operations and training.
Speaking before book-filled shelves and flanked by an Israeli flag and a photograph of himself with his wife and two sons, the head of government compared the actions of Israel towards the Palestinians favorably against those of Hamas. He speaks, inter alia, of the Jewish State's facilitating the entry of aid into the Strip and the terrorist organization's seizing thereof and of Israeli hospitals treating wounded Gazans that Hamas would prevent from receiving help.
Netanyahu proposes, "Imagine, just imagine, where we might all be if
Palestinian leaders cared as much about helping their own people as they did about hurting our people. The Palestinian people deserve better."
He concludes dramatically, "The cynicism and cruelty of Hamas is hurting all of us. It's hurting peace."
In a response sent to AFP and reported by the same, senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat wrote, "The hatred that Mr. Netanyahu has for the Palestinian people causes him to invent a parallel history."
9 aug 2016
Eliraz Fein, a 24-year-old resident of the West Bank, has been charged for repeated posts to Facebook that allegedly incite violence against IDF soldiers and Arabs.
An indictment was filed today in the Petach Tikvah Magistrates' Court against 24-year-old Eliraz Fein of Yitzhar in Samaria (near Nablus) for incitement to violence.
The Ministry of Justice said that Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit authorized the indictment in light of the nature of the crimes attributed to the defendant "that touch on freedom of expression."
The indictment was filed by Roi Weiss of the Central District Attorney's Office. It claims that, following the forced evacuation and destruction of illegal buildings in Yitzhar in 2014, a discussion took place on a Google group called "Yitzharnikim." The discussion focused on the legitimacy of throwing stones at Israeli security forces. Hours after Fein posted that she supported the violent act, stones were thrown at Yasam (riot police) units in the city.
The indictment further stated that following the kidnapping and murder of the three teenage boys in Gush Etzion in 2014, the lynching of Mohammed Abu Khdeir in 2014, and the arson attack in Duma that killed three members of the Dawabsheh family in 2015, Fein posted to Facebook calls for violent acts or terrorism against Palestinian and Israeli Arabs and messages condoning the reported acts.
The charges allege that Fein did the above after she had already been questioned under caution and arrested for previous, similar posts.
In July 2014, on the murder of Abu Khdeir, the accused allegedly wrote to her approximately 800 friends on Facebook, "I'm proud and happy to discover there are Jews who couldn't stand by and be silent! I send strong and courageous blessings to those arrested (who I don't know at all) accused of murdering the Arabs from the Abu Khdeir family."
In June 2015, following the arson attack on the Church of the Multiplication, Fein allegedly wrote, "Hey, happy people, good morning! This time a church to take into consideration the Muslims' feelings, Ramadan Kareem to you too."
After the arson attack in Duma with Molotov cocktails, Fein allegedly wrote on Facebook in August 2015, "Terrify them and make them understand that Jewish blood is not worthless, for murder the enemy will be bathed in blood," "I see this as a right and proper act," and "It's very appropriate and honorable in my eyes to damage Arab property."
Fein replied to the indictment, "It's weird that only today the DA 'remembered' to update me, put out messages to all the media and even prevented me from the hearing that I'm entitled to according to the law.
Like I already said at the arrest, I say again that we love all IDF soldiers, we embrace them and support them with everything that we have. Dozens of soldiers have enjoyed cakes that I've made, I have many brothers and relatives in the IDF, some of them in select reconnaissance units, and I never thought about hurting IDF soldiers."
An indictment was filed today in the Petach Tikvah Magistrates' Court against 24-year-old Eliraz Fein of Yitzhar in Samaria (near Nablus) for incitement to violence.
The Ministry of Justice said that Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit authorized the indictment in light of the nature of the crimes attributed to the defendant "that touch on freedom of expression."
The indictment was filed by Roi Weiss of the Central District Attorney's Office. It claims that, following the forced evacuation and destruction of illegal buildings in Yitzhar in 2014, a discussion took place on a Google group called "Yitzharnikim." The discussion focused on the legitimacy of throwing stones at Israeli security forces. Hours after Fein posted that she supported the violent act, stones were thrown at Yasam (riot police) units in the city.
The indictment further stated that following the kidnapping and murder of the three teenage boys in Gush Etzion in 2014, the lynching of Mohammed Abu Khdeir in 2014, and the arson attack in Duma that killed three members of the Dawabsheh family in 2015, Fein posted to Facebook calls for violent acts or terrorism against Palestinian and Israeli Arabs and messages condoning the reported acts.
The charges allege that Fein did the above after she had already been questioned under caution and arrested for previous, similar posts.
In July 2014, on the murder of Abu Khdeir, the accused allegedly wrote to her approximately 800 friends on Facebook, "I'm proud and happy to discover there are Jews who couldn't stand by and be silent! I send strong and courageous blessings to those arrested (who I don't know at all) accused of murdering the Arabs from the Abu Khdeir family."
In June 2015, following the arson attack on the Church of the Multiplication, Fein allegedly wrote, "Hey, happy people, good morning! This time a church to take into consideration the Muslims' feelings, Ramadan Kareem to you too."
After the arson attack in Duma with Molotov cocktails, Fein allegedly wrote on Facebook in August 2015, "Terrify them and make them understand that Jewish blood is not worthless, for murder the enemy will be bathed in blood," "I see this as a right and proper act," and "It's very appropriate and honorable in my eyes to damage Arab property."
Fein replied to the indictment, "It's weird that only today the DA 'remembered' to update me, put out messages to all the media and even prevented me from the hearing that I'm entitled to according to the law.
Like I already said at the arrest, I say again that we love all IDF soldiers, we embrace them and support them with everything that we have. Dozens of soldiers have enjoyed cakes that I've made, I have many brothers and relatives in the IDF, some of them in select reconnaissance units, and I never thought about hurting IDF soldiers."
The Israeli occupation police at dawn Tuesday released Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib, deputy head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, and placed him under house arrest for five days, pending further investigation.
The Israeli police arrested Sheikh Khatib on Monday evening following a raid on his house in Kafr Kanna village near Nazareth city and interrogated him for several hours.
Sheikh Khatib said that he was put under house arrest on allegations of his incitement to violence and hatred.
He added that his interrogators accused him of inciting violence on social media and organizing a march following the coup attempt in Turkey in support of the Turkish leadership.
The Israeli police arrested Sheikh Khatib on Monday evening following a raid on his house in Kafr Kanna village near Nazareth city and interrogated him for several hours.
Sheikh Khatib said that he was put under house arrest on allegations of his incitement to violence and hatred.
He added that his interrogators accused him of inciting violence on social media and organizing a march following the coup attempt in Turkey in support of the Turkish leadership.
