I have been on twitter for 3 whole years. That is important, because I like to call myself a veteran of twitter.
It was at the end of 2008. I was at the time, bored of chat programmes, and wanted something to use that would express my political feelings on Israel.
2012, and now everyone and their families are on twitter.
Politicians, police forces, government bodies, Armies,terror organisations,you name it, everybody is tweeting.
From war zones in the "Arab Spring" to feminist actiivists being attacked as they tweet in Tahrir square Egypt.
It has become a "balagan".
If you are experienced,you will realise that there are also #hashtags to basically allow your tweets to go into a sort of column so they do not get lost.
I will not go into this, its far too boring.
I have about 2600 followers, which in Twitter terms is quite important. I mean, who wants to tweet to only 2 followers?
It takes time to grow your "fans"but as anyone knows, you can download a programme to add more fans. I would prefer to do it the old fashioned way.
Now you have some back ground on me, lets get to the crunch.
As I am a staunch Likud Right wing Conservative Jewish Zionist (is there a therapy group for that?)I am in a prime position for attacks.
Not only by the usual mad sword wielding jihadis,but maybe unusually by far left wing jews, who are spewing out anti-Israel propoganda. These people tweet in such a way, they make "The protocols of Zion" look like a winnie the pooh disney book.
We are not talking about some kid, who tweets the usual "stop the occupation" rant, but Jews who are surrounding themselves with virulent Jew hating and Israel hating people.
I will not post names,but there is one Jewish anti-Israel blogger, who is trying desperately to spread his hatred of Israel around twitter, and to some extent, he gets alot of response and support.
Taking this example, the question I want to know is what is it about a Jew, whose family may have died in the "holocaust", becoming so hateful on a country which as we know, is a "safe" haven for persecuted Jewish people? Hell, it is our "birthright".
Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has what every Arab wants. Democratic rights. Freedom to move around, freedom of expression, freedom to express your sexuality, your culture, your voice.
What do you do?
He is Jewish, he is part of the "club", he has family,and a life outside of twitter,why would he turn against Israel, the land of our ancestors, in a way,that he sides with her "enemies", whilst of course hiding out and living in the good old U.S.A.?
He is not alone, many Jewish people are doing the same.
As I have stated on many tweets for the #teamIsrael and #loveIsrael tag.
Zionism is very simple.
A movement for the self-determination of the Jewish people in a sovereign Jewish national homeland.
Anti zionism is Anti Jewish.
And to me anyone who thinks differently is wrong.