Edelstein asks Zuckerberg to remove Facebook Intifada page
Israel's Minister of Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs, Yuli Edelstein, has asked Facebook President Mark Zuckerberg to remove a page calling for a third 'Palestinian intifada' to start on May 15. As of this writing, the page has been 'liked' by 325,477 people. Yuli Edelstein, minister of diplomacy and Diaspora affairs, in a letter sent Wednesday called Zuckerberg's attention to the Facebook page "Third Palestinian Intifada," which calls for a third Palestinian uprising to begin May 15. The page, which has more than 230,000 friends, includes quotes and film clips calling for killing Jews and Israelis, and for "liberating" Jerusalem and Palestine using violence.I wonder if such an 'intifada' would convince the 'international community' not to unilaterally create a 'Palestinian state.'
"As Facebook's CEO and founder, you are obviously aware of the site's great potential to rally the masses around good causes, and we are all thankful for that," Edelstein wrote. "However, such potential comes hand in hand with the ability to cause great harm, such as in the case of the wild incitement displayed on the above-mentioned page."
Nah, that's probably expecting too much.
Labels: Facebook, initifadeh, Mark Zuckerberg, Yuli Edelstein
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:34 AM
2 Comments:
Note they would like an intifada to happen by Israel's secular birthday in May.
Perhaps the recent upsurge in terror attacks upon Israel is a down payment towards a full fledged intifada in the future.
That's the bad news.
The good news is the Israeli government appears to be doing nothing to prevent it from taking place.
What could go wrong indeed
Thanks for posting this. Please keep us updated on the results.
Linda Socher
Yeshuv Hadhmonaim
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