{
  "id": 18956441,
  "title": "Anti-Druze incitement doubles after Israeli elections, pushed by stolen vote conspiracists - report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/anti-druze-incitement-doubles-after-israeli-elections-pushed-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T15:02:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-914218"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Since Israel's recent elections, the Druze community has experienced an alarming surge in violent and inciting rhetoric on Israeli social media platforms, according to a recent report by FakeReporter. The study uncovered a 106% spike in online hate speech targeting the Druze from Election Day until October 30, when the incidents peaked. The majority of the inflammatory content was disseminated by accounts associated with current coalition parties on the social media platform X.\n\nFakeReporter identified 952 posts mentioning the Druze community within the accounts classified as part of the \"poison machine\" between October 27 and October 31. The discourse against the Druze escalated after Likud received a 5% increase in Druze votes compared to the 2022 elections. Despite Druze voters primarily backing Yashar and Yisrael Beiteinu, support for Likud among Druze increased by 5%.\n\nThe hate-filled comments portrayed the Druze community as ungrateful and traitors to Israel, some even calling for their expulsion from the country. The most notorious comment read, \"I spit on you,\" which garnered 64,400 views. Other comments compared the Druze to Hamas, suggesting they should also be expelled from Israel. Most of the comments demanding expulsion received a few dozen views, indicating a small minority of the online population agreed with such extreme sentiments.\n\nFakeReporter CEO Nir Rosen emphasized that this discourse goes beyond targeting the Druze community, as it is part of a broader campaign of delegitimization of the election results and vilification of populations that voted against political expectations. Several accounts leading the vitriolic attacks against the Druze had tens of thousands of followers, including some closely related to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, such as his son Yair. Rosen warned that this dangerous discourse not only deepens hatred and division but also risks violating Israel's democratic foundations, potentially leading to violent confrontations.",
  "summary": "Online hate speech against the Druze increased by 106% from Oct. 27 until Oct. 30, when activity peaked because some Right-wing conspiracists began claiming that the election was stolen.",
  "key_points": [
    "Anti-Druze incitement surged 106% after Israeli elections, according to FakeReporter.",
    "952 posts targeting Druze community appeared on X between Oct 27-31.",
    "Hate speech portrayed Druze as ungrateful traitors, some called for their expulsion."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}