[ 30/03/2011 - 06:57 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The organizers of the third Palestinian intifada page on Facebook have gained over 27,000 fans in one day after the Facebook administration removed the page in response to official calls in Israel.
The page now includes opening statements condemning the Facebook administration and founder Mark Zuckerberg after they responded to pressure from Israel to close the page calling the Palestinians to take to the streets for a third intifada against Israel on May 15, which marks the anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.
Facebook said it removed the page, which picked up a fan base of 350,000 in less than a month, claiming that it ”incites and contains calls for the use of violence against Jews.”
Israeli minister Yuli Eidelstein wrote the site's founder Mark Zuckerberg calling for the page's removal.
According to the Israeli daily Yediot Ahranot, the fear of a popular Palestinian revolution similar to what happened in the past, as popular uprisings continue in several Arab countries, has increased after the emergence of the page.
Facebook removes third intifada page after Israeli calls
[ 30/03/2011 - 01:10 PM ]
NAZARETH, (PIC)-- The Facebook administration has responded to calls to have a page calling for a third Intifada removed from the social website for good.
The page with a fan base exceeding 340,000 urged Palestinians to take to the streets to mark the anniversary of the Nakba on May 15.
The move came after Israeli minister Yuli Edelstein wrote to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg claiming that the page contained incitement against Jews and Israelis.
He said the page could help spark an ”armed rebellion” against Israel.
The page's organizers had expressed fears that Facebook would shut down the page after the Free Palestine page, which had earned 216,000 fans, was closed without explanation.
They had threatened to boycott Facebook if it responded to the calls to close the page. They have contacted the administrators of popular Arab pages who had agreed to promote the third Intifada page.
They had also said the page's closure would reveal Facebook's true colors to the world, as it was the largest Palestinian site to date placed on the most important social website in the world.
The page used many innovative ideas to promote the third intifada. They included writing the set time for it on the currency and asking each of its fans to inform at least five friends of the due date.
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