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| Palestinians slam Facebook for removing pages glorifying attacks on Israelis | |
| 2018-02-20 | |
Paleostinian activists and journalists on Monday launched a campaign to protest against Facebook after the social media giant removed dozens of pages in recent weeks, saying they incited and glorified terrorism. "Facebook is waging war on the Paleostinians," the activists and journalists complained in a statement as they launched a Twitter hashtag entitled "#FBfightsPaleostine" to protest the Facebook measures. According to the Paleostinians, the Facebook crackdown intensified after the killing of Ahmed Jarrar, the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, terrorist who was part of a cell that killed Rabbi Raziel Shevach in the northern West Bank last month. Israeli security forces killed Jarrar in a shootout on February 6 in the village of al Yamoun, near Jenin. IDF troops operate in the Jenin area in pursuit of Ahmed Jarrar, the Paleostinian who murdered Raziel Shevach, on February 3, 2018. Since then, the Paleostinians said, Facebook has temporarily suspended or permanently removed more than 50 private and public pages and posts, most of which were dedicated to glorifying Jarrar. One of the deleted pages belonged to the Jarrar clan in Jenin. During 2017, Facebook took action against 200 Paleostinian accounts, the statement said. The measures also included the removal of posts and photos deemed inflammatory and supportive of terrorism. Earlier this week, Facebook removed the Hamas-affiliated "Paleostine.net" page, which had more than 180,000 likes. | |
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