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The Tuesday move came after 350,000 people endorsed the campaign by 'liking' the page and many of its entries received thousands of comments, reported Ynetnews, the website for the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth.
The move came after Israel's Minister of Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Yuli Edelstein addressed Facebook's creator Mark Zuckerberg in a letter, pleading with him to remove the page.
The Facebook campaign had stated that "Palestine will be freed and we will free it," advocating the uprising against Tel Aviv's occupation of the Palestinian lands and its continued suppression of the Palestinian population.
A total of 6,200 Palestinians died during their first Intifada between 1987 and 1993 and the second one in the 2000s -- both fiercely confronted by Israel.
The page had also called for a march towards Palestine on May 15, which marks the anniversary of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian homelands in 1948.
The year witnessed the Israeli regime fabricating its existence, mainly backed by the US, Britain and France, in a full-scale military offensives against Arab nations in the region.
The operations forced over 711,000 Palestinians out of their homeland. A 2008 report estimates the number of Palestinian refugees at over 4.6 million.
Reader Comments
So its main purpose is merely data mining and profiling? Perhaps… but the relevant fact remains that if you’re on Facebook in the first place, you’re a loser.
There’s nothing new in this appalling move to close down a pro-Palestinian Facebook page.
Move along folks, there’s nothing to see here.
One of the happiest days of my life was quitting Facebook. At first the social site was fun reconnecting with some very special people but then came the strangers and Zealots. The site became devoured by a disease of social muck. Facebook should have started a Renaissance but instead, it started malicious and conspiring pettiness. A world of narcissism and adulterers. A world of surveillance and deceivers. I do not feel that this was Mark Zuckerburgs intent but it his moral obligation to the world to shut it down. The party is over.
Wouldn't it be nice if they closed down all those pro zionist sites down too? Not a chance of course. sickening double standards.
Isn't Zuckerberg jewish?
"Thicker than Thieves."