As a supporter of boycotting Israel, Mieke Zagt had no intention of marketing Israeli wine when she posted on Twitter a picture of the wine on sale at the Hema Dutch supermarket chain. But her tweet, meant to protest the sale, prompted Israel supporters here to mount a social media reaction so successful that the Israeli wines sold out at the Hema stores and the campaign became the No. 1 trending topic Tuesday on Dutch Twitter.
The opening shot for the #tipvanMieke campaign was a tweet that Zagt, a scholar and Electronic Intifada contributor with fewer than 1,300 followers on Twitter, posted Monday afternoon. “Hey, Hema, you’re selling Efrat wine from Judean Hills [as] made in Israel. Is this possible? Efrat and Judean Hills are in occupied Palestinian land. Efrat is an illegal Israeli colony. Can you verify the origin? #hema #notAgainAye!??” Zagt wrote, attaching a picture of the bottles in question.
Gideon van der Sluis, a Dutch-born Israeli business consultant, and several other pro-Israel advocates began engaging on Twitter with like-minded users about Zagt’s tweet, labeling it with a hashtag meaning “TipFromMieke.” Within 24 hours it became the top-trending item on Dutch Twitter, with people from around the country using it with pictures of freshly bought Efrat wine bottles. Within hours, both the red and white Efrat wines were sold out from the online store of Hema — a huge chain with 525 stores in the Netherlands alone.
The social network campaign seems to have originated with the hard core of Israel’s supporters here — van der Sluis’ efforts to get it to take off were joined by those of Hidde J. van Koningsveld, who heads the CiJo pro-Israel group. But it seems to have reached far beyond the usual suspects from the Netherlands’ Jewish community of about 40,000 people. Menno de Bruyne, a chief strategist for the Reformed Political Party, had a colleague post a picture of de Bruyne at the office with three Efrat Wine bottles. Sjoukje Dijkstra, a journalist from Utrecht, wrote on Twitter: “Thanks for the tip! Straight to Hema!”
Joshua Rivera
are dutch people most cucked and stupid from all europeans?
Tyler Gutierrez
americans cannot boycott israel, if they try to, they will go to jail or fema concentration camps
Kayden Russell
lol that's great
James Phillips
that's not great we need to boycott israel, not send money into their pockets
Christopher Wright
The dutch are in a threeway knife fight for that title with the Swedes and the UKfags
this thread reminds me of how boring the internet is, and how there's nothing beneficial
Jackson Green
USED* to
Christopher Moore
donald trump is a fraud
Israel is just one big fraud too, how long does it take to figure out if Bibi took a bribe ? The whole state is a criminal enterprise if it takes this long.
Aiden Peterson
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Brandon Rodriguez
Lucky it's limited to Europe or Amerimutts would give them the run for their money
Ryder Ramirez
if you would have clicked on the link you would have seen that this is what a typical dutchman looks like nowadays.
NEVER TELL PEOPLE WHAT NOT TO WATCH, READ, VIEW, LISTEN TO OR BUY. WHY? BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE BEING REBELLIOUS AND DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEIR ORDERED.
LEARN FROM THAT MISTAKE.
Colton Sullivan
so don't elect a jew or jew supporter. then maybe there will be money enough to create entertaining things for the internet.
