Canadian ambassador tweets up a pro-Israel storm

In a somewhat unusual move for a foreign diplomat stationed in Israel, Canada’s ambassador Vivian Bercovici is flooding Twitter with pro-Israel messages and posts attacking pro-Palestinian activists who agitate against Operation Protective Edge.

Is Israel just supposed to allow relentless barrage of rocket fire v proudly initiated by #hamas to continue? No country can tolerate that

— Vivian Bercovici (@VivianBercovici) July 18, 2014

Ask #Hamas why construction materials used to build attack tunnels on Israel and not civilian defences like shelters #Hamas #Israel

— Vivian Bercovici (@VivianBercovici) July 18, 2014

This morning alone, she posted 10 tweets, warning that Hamas aims to wipe out the Jewish state and deliberately targets civilians. In one tweet, she calls upon “activists” to read the terrorist organization’s charter and listen to its leaders. “They mean what they say,” she writes. Ask Hamas leaders why they use construction material to build “attack tunnels on Israel” as opposed to civilian shelters, she writes in a different tweet.

"Activists" disseminating lies & hatred: ask yourselves y u r silent when Israeli civilians targeted by #hamas rockets #IsraelUnderAttack

— Vivian Bercovici (@VivianBercovici) July 18, 2014

Ask #Hamas y they encourage civilians to offer themselves up as human shields while leaders r in shelters or Qatar

— Vivian Bercovici (@VivianBercovici) July 18, 2014

Ask #Hamas leadership y they initiate attacks on Israeli civilians. Ask #Hamas y they rejected #ceasefire negotiated by Egypt

— Vivian Bercovici (@VivianBercovici) July 18, 2014

— Raphael Ahren