Tel Aviv hashtag on Twitter sparks outrage in Lebanon

An Israeli hashtag on Twitter - #TelAvivLovesBeirut – spread outrage on social media in Lebanon as citizens began responding to the trending hashtag.

Last week, a travel and tourism article published by Forbes listed Beirut and Tel Aviv as top destinations to visit – to which Lebanon-based media company Beirut.com tweeted to be excluded from the list.

Can we be excluded from this narrative? https://t.co/DDNTxQVbpD

— Beirut.com (@BeirutCityGuide) October 27, 2017

Israeli tweeters caught on to the Lebanese tweet and responded with the hashtag ‘#TelAvivLovesBeirut,’ which caused disapproval among Lebanese tweeps.

#TelAvivLovesBeirut so is that why their fighting jets roam our skies on a daily basis?

— Nadim (@nadimrmeity) October 29, 2017

I’m tweeting from my house in Beirut which was completely destroyed by #Israel in 2006 war #CutTheCrap#TelAvivLovesBeirut

— Wael Al Hussaini (@WaelHussaini) October 29, 2017