Last weekend, social media activists circulated videos and photos from a procession in the Gaza Strip, waving posters with pictures of Qassem Suleimani and 'Abd al-Malik al-Khoti, the leader of the Houthi militia in Yemen.
There were also calls in the procession against the Saudi House that rules Saudi Arabia.
Following this, the hashtag "Palestinian supports Houthi" gained momentum and appeared within tens of thousands of tweets on the social network Twitter.
The IDF spokesman in Arabic, Avichai Adrai, published photos from the procession that took place a few days after the attack by the Houthi militia in Abu Dhabi, in which three foreign workers from India and Pakistan were killed.
The images from the demonstration in the Gaza Strip provoked sharp criticism in the Gulf states.
Saudi journalist Ahmad a-Rabi'i wrote in a tweet: "In Gaza and in favor of the Houthis.
عندما يتظاهر الفلسطينيون في غزة دعما لميليشيا الحوثي الارهابية وعندما يرفعون صور لشخصيات ارهابية فاعلموا ان قرار السلام مع اسرائيل كان افضل قرار اتخذته دولنا لايقاف التجارة بالقضية وايقاف المتكسبين فمن يقود الشعب الفلسطيني سلطة فاسدة وميليشيا حماس الارهابية # الفلسطيني_يويد_الحوثي pic.twitter.com/R72lqr1kWQ
- الدرع الاماراتي Ⓜ️🇦🇪 (@Emarati_Shield) January 22, 2022
Others pointed to the similarities between Palestinian support for Saddam Hussein in the invasion of Kuwait in the Gulf War and support for Suleimani.
A tweet from the UAE stated that "there is nothing sad for the Emirates in this picture (of the Houthi leader) hoisted in Gaza. "In a different way on the Palestinian issue, and it is an effort worth trying on an issue that is full of the corrupt."
Another Saudi journalist wrote: "We want to hear from our Palestinian brothers who were born in Saudi Arabia and the immigrants from Palestine. ".
The storm on the network intensified after a senior Hamas terrorist organization, Mahmoud a-Zahar, was interviewed on the Al-Miyadin network and said that "there is a similarity between the aggression against Yemen and the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians."
A-Zahar added that he "advises the perpetrators of the crimes to return to their religion and history. There is no benefit in loyalty to the West and Zionism. The Gulf regimes that attack Yemen will pay the price of their policies."
In response, a Saudi journalist attacked a senior Hamas official, claiming that in 2008 he fled by ambulance to Egypt while wearing an abaya (a traditional women's dress that covers the entire body).
The journalist also noted that a-Zahar "described Palestine for them as a toothpick only."
In a video attached to the tweet, a-Zahar was heard saying that "our project is bigger than Palestine."
Following this, criticism of Hamas as an organization perceived as a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood resurfaced.
Dozens of Hamas detainees in Saudi Arabia
This is not the first time Hamas has fallen into the fabric of conflicts in the Middle East.
During the Syrian civil war, Hamas was forced to choose between supporting the Assad regime, which aided the terrorist organization, and Sunni Islamist rebels.
Against this background, Hamas moved the headquarters of its political bureau from Damascus to Doha, the capital of Qatar.
It should also be remembered that Hamas has dozens of detainees in Saudi Arabia who are currently awaiting trial.
Further deterioration in the relationship could be doomed.
It is not for nothing that Hamas issued a special statement today stating that "following the statements made in recent days in the Palestinian arena and the calls against Arab and Gulf states, we emphasize that these do not express our position. Our policy is known - non-involvement in internal affairs."
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