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The account has posted two other pro-Palestinian posts that have been temporarily deleted.
For a period of time on Monday, anyone tuning into the X account of Ford Motor Company could see three pro-Palestinian tweets that had nothing to do with the car company’s business.
“Free Palestine ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ? ?? ? ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Another followed a minute later: ” Israel is a terrorist state. “A few moments later, a third:” All eyes in Gaza. “
The messages were temporarily eliminated and Ford said they had not been authorized.
“Our X account has been compromised shortly and the above 3 articles were not legal or published through Ford,” the company said. “We are investigating the challenge and for any confusion it caused confusion. “
The incident comes nearly 15 months into the Israel-Hamas war, which has ignited fierce criticism of Israel’s operations in Gaza. It carried particular resonance because of Ford’s headquarters in Detroit, an area with a large Arab-American population where pro-Palestinian advocacy has been strong, and because of the company’s history of antisemitism emanating from its founder, Henry Ford.
Ford’s record of AntiSemitism included the use of a newspaper he owned to spread anti-Semitism, specifically the “notorious forged protocols of ancient Zion. “(A Jewish production company is recently looking for a 2012 e-book about the independent Dearborn in a feature film. )
Some who have noticed messages such as screenshots that circulate on social networks have applauded them. Others denounced the positions, some specifying about the cause. “Ford Motor Company will have to have been pirate through the loose movement of Palestine,” said representative Ritchie Torres, a Pro-Israeli Democrat in New York. Many in his comments said they suspected that a Ford worker had forgotten what he counts was active before tweeting.
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