A social media post about one of the freed Hamas hostages has exploded online with over 9.5 million views, thousands of condemning responses, and a Community Note from X users.
An account under the name Maree Campbell shared a picture of 21-year-old Mia Regev who was released by Hamas terrorists on Saturday. Regev reportedly was admitted to the hospital in Israel upon her return “in need of complex treatment,” according to The Jerusalem Post which also noted that ” her 18-year-old brother, Itay, who was at the party with her, remains a prisoner of Hamas.”
Regev was seen in the photo shared on X by Campbell, who is described in the X bio as an analyst and journalist. The caption accompanying the image set the social media platform on fire.
“I’m not a facial expression expert, but judging by the look in her eyes and the expression on her face, I’d say that is a look of appreciation and thanks,” she wrote. “Might it be that she is saying thanks for being treated unexpectedly well whilst in captivity? 🤔”
I’m not a facial expression expert, but judging by the look in her eyes and the expression on her face, I’d say that is a look of appreciation and thanks.
Might it be that she is saying thanks for being treated unexpectedly well whilst in captivity? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/CUul02fqCD
— Maree Campbell (@Campb37345Maree) November 26, 2023
Thousands of X users, many notable names in the media and political world, raked Campbell over the coals for the suggestion that Regev’s face seemingly expressed her gratitude to the Hamas terrorists.
A Community Note hit the post as well.
“Mia Regev was shot by Palestinian terrorists before they abducted her & her brother. They held her with a bullet wound for 50 days as a hostage and only released her pursuant to an agreement freeing convicted criminals from jail. She needed immediate medical care upon release,” the community note read.
Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy, former Mitt Romney adviser Dan Senor, conservative talk host Dave Rubin, actor Matthew Marsden, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, and commentator Jonah Goldberg were among the thousands who torched Campbell on the platform.
Campbell declared that the community note should be “rated down” because of an “unreliable source.”
This community notes should be rated down – because “the context” it is adding is from an unreliable source and is totally irrelevant to the content of my post.
Together, let’s beat the Zionists who are trying to game the system and harass us into silence. https://t.co/Pwwa42W0w3
— Maree Campbell (@Campb37345Maree) November 26, 2023
And she doubled down on her premise.
There seems to he a mutual respect there. Badly treated hostages would be running to the car. Does she need to wave back like that, or does she choose to? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/6qsivyfFLy
— Maree Campbell (@Campb37345Maree) November 26, 2023
The user fired back at many of the comments but was effectively drowned out by all the negative remarks.
Imagine posting this and thinking it’s okay?
— Matthew Marsden (@matthewdmarsden) November 26, 2023
You’re right, you’re not an expert.
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) November 26, 2023
What the fuck is wrong with you?
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) November 26, 2023
They shot her and probably killed her brother you fucking lunatic
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) November 26, 2023
OMG this person is serious. Sick https://t.co/NiGa8P8nkM
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) November 26, 2023
If you are taken hostage, you are not, by definition, being treated well.
— Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) November 26, 2023
I can name a few things you aren’t an expert on, you fucking ghoul.
— Noam Blum 🚡 (@neontaster) November 26, 2023
You are an absolute idiot if you think a hostage who may have been abused for 47 days is saying with her eyes “Thanks for the good treatment of abducting me, shooting me, tying me to a chair, beating & poss sexually assaulting me! Oh, & Thanks for killing my family & neighbors.”… https://t.co/T7zqcAI6FP
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) November 26, 2023
They murdered her friends and shot her, you freak
— Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.today (@JordanSchachtel) November 26, 2023
What an awful thing to say
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) November 26, 2023
Wasn’t this poor girl shot at the festival? You can see a brace on her leg. Yes, I’m sure ”she is saying thanks” to the terrorists who shot her, raped & killed her friends & held her hostage for weeks. Wtaf. https://t.co/WcHnpZWshf
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) November 26, 2023
