Anti-Israel blogger Richard Silverstein is no fan of Israeli politician and head of Shas Eli Yishai, as evidenced by the former’s Twitter background.
But they have at least one thing in common: they both seemingly like playing video games.
As you may recall. Eli Yishai’s Twitter feed recently indicated a proclivity towards Demon Monkey shenanigans. And today, Silverstein’s showed a number of tweets from Tribez. Unfortunately, I did not take any screenshots, and Silverstein has removed them, but not before others commented.
@richards1052 you’re spamming — Noam R (@noamr) April 6, 2013
@richards1052 You’re doing some evil zionistic settlerism on you’re spare time? — Øyvind S (@segrov) April 6, 2013
Hey @richards1052, even us lib-zionists deserve to have a pollution free twitter feed. #layofftheipadgames — Richard Goldwasser (@BlogZahav) April 6, 2013
As funny as this is, Silverstein’s reaction is very informative. As he did when he allowed someone to configure his site, Silverstein once again claimed he was hacked.
@mariamrove ^rs Apologies.Acct hacked.
— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) April 6, 2013
@noamrAccount was hacked. Don’t even understand how as password was pretty secure.
— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) April 6, 2013
But once again, the truth is something else entirely. After the game is downloaded, you are confronted with the following:
Clearly, when Silverstein (or his children, if Silverstein is to be believed) downloaded the game, they clicked ‘Ok’ and the rest is history. Later on, Silverstein seems to acknowledge he was not hacked, and even gives advice on how to avoid the pitfalls of game notifications.
If #iPad game #apps ever send unwanted/spam tweets, go to iPad Settings,Privacy, Twitter & turn off app permissions.
— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) April 7, 2013
But the experience is yet another example of Silverstein claiming he hacked, when the truth is way more mundane.
And embarassing for him.
