‘Remove this fifth column’: Israel’s Arabic X account sparks outrage over anti-Muslim post

Israel’s official Arabic-language X account has generated significant outrage for a post about the growth of mosques in Europe. The tweet described the increase from under a hundred in 1980 to over 20,000 today as "the true face of colonisation" and called on European governments to remove this "fifth column." Social media users widely condemned the post as Islamophobic, dangerous, and echoing far-right talking points. The term "fifth column" refers to a group within a country that works to advance the interests of its enemies.