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| Israel: Netanyahu's son banned from Facebook over anti-Muslim posts |
| 2018-12-23 |
| [Middle East Monitor] Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was yesterday banned from Facebook for posting anti-Muslim content. The saga began on Thursday after Yair Netanyahu wrote on Facebook that: "There will not be peace here [in Israel-Palestine] until: 1. All the Jews leave the land of Israel. 2. All the Muslims leave the land of Israel. I prefer the second option." The post quickly gained traction in Israel, with the Times of Israel reporting that it had "garnered over 750 reactions as of Friday evening, [...] most of them in agreement". Yair then continued his anti-Muslim tirade, writing in a separate post: "Do you know where there are no terror attacks? In Iceland and Japan. Coincidentally there’s also no Muslim population there." According to Haaretz, Yair also wrote a third post in which he called for "avenging the deaths" of two Israeli soldiers killed last week and the expulsion of Palestinians. Although Facebook had removed these posts on the grounds that they were in violation of its community rules, Yair shared a screenshot of the post, prompting the social media giant to yesterday block his account for 24 hours. Taking to Twitter, Yair claimed he had been blocked for calling out Facebook on its removal of the posts, saying: "Unbelievable. Facebook blocks me for 24 hours for simply criticising it! Thought police." |
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