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Trending: Gaza  hashtags

19/07/2014

Gaza  hashtags

BBC World Service - Trending, Gaza  hashtags

How global sympathies in the Israel-Palestine conflict are expressed on Twitter

How Israel-Gaza conflict has trended around the world; and why deaf people are throwing buckets of water over their heads in the UK.

This week the Trending team finds out why deaf people in the UK are throwing buckets of water over themselves and posting the videos online. We also look at the popularity of the hashtag #PrayForGaza and the way the conflict in Israel and Gaza has been discussed globally  Finally, in America, the uploaded audio of a call between Ryan Block who wanted to cancel his Comcast internet service and an employee desperate for him not to leave has become a big internet hit – with almost 4 million plays in two days. 

Presenter Mukul Devichand is joined by Mai Noman from BBC Arabic, Laura Gray from BBC Trending and Anthony Zurcher from the BBC Trending team in Washington.

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