#JSIL: Israel = Islamic State

A hashtag has been sweeping the Twittersphere, comparing the tactics employed by Israel to those of the Islamic State.

#JSIL, which stands for the Jewish State of Israel in the Levant, has gone viral on Twitter, with many users using the hashtag to compare the Zionist state to ISIS, referring to both as rogue states that have displaced indigenous populations, among other things.

The hashtag has already sparked backlash on media outlets, such as leftist Israeli news outlet Haaretz, and New York Magazine.

The hashtag, which was originally launched by journalists Max Blumenthal and Rania Khalek, has gone viral, with many users employing it to critique Israeli practices.

Here are some of the most prominent examples:

Like #ISIL, the Jewish State (#JSIL) recruits indoctrinated foreigners to displace indigenous people http://t.co/BBj82PWxcO #JSILisISIL

— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) September 29, 2014

Obama & the Caliph of #JSIL pic.twitter.com/77rNMfpTPA

— Jamal Dajani جمال (@JamalDajani) October 1, 2014

An estimated 2,000 Americans are serving as foreign fighters in the Jewish State of Israel and the Levant (#JSIL) http://t.co/JrfxqQVwCM

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) October 1, 2014

Both #ISIL the islamic State in the Levant and #JSIL the Jewish State in the Levant need to be dismantled from the Levant.

— Partisangirl (@Partisangirl) October 2, 2014

Only difference between caliph Baghdadi of #ISIS & caliph Netanyahu of #JSIL is that 1 has nuclear weapons pic.twitter.com/52LjNaeGZL

— Resistance Axis (@ResistanceAxis) October 2, 2014

#JSIL subjects other faiths to concentration camps, forced labor and ethnic cleansing: http://t.co/DYwVBs6vDq + http://t.co/uZS1HuBgZl

— Joe Catron (@jncatron) September 29, 2014