A report by digital rights group 7amleh revealed that hateful tweets spurred the violence in the Palestinian town of Hawara earlier this year.
![Egyptian novelist Alaa al-Aswany [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/90BDD2EE-B8F5-49BC-A36A-2FEA472288FC.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=IFfnh5sx "Egyptian novelist Alaa al-Aswany [Getty]")
