From “Gatestone Institute” -by Bassam Tawil
30-10-2019
For the full Article go to - https://tinyurl.com/yyqqg9gn
On the one hand,
leaders of the Palestinian Authority (PA) condemn Facebook for
"surrendering to Israeli pressure" and taking action against those
who incite terrorism and hate speech. On the other hand, the same PA leaders
keep pressuring Facebook to silence Palestinians who demand an end to financial
and administrative corruption in the PA.
"[E]very time
Fatah posts a new terror message on Facebook encouraging violence or presenting
murderers as role models, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are given more
motivation to kill Israelis. Facebook still chooses to do nothing to stop
it." — Itamar Marcus, Jerusalem Post, September 11, 2019.
What Abbas and his
senior officials apparently fear is that the current wave of anti-corruption
protests sweeping Lebanon and other Arab countries may reach the West Bank.
They appear nervous that their critics and political rivals will use social
media to encourage Palestinians to revolt against corruption and tyranny.
For these leaders,
when they turn to Facebook to clamp down on criticism and voices calling for
reform and democracy, that is good government. However, when Israel tries to
silence those who seek to spill more Jewish blood -- well, that is criminal.
While Facebook has been
deleting pages of individuals and groups promoting terrorism, violence and hate
speech, particularly against Israel, the leaders of the Palestinian Authority
(PA) are now seeking to block dozens of websites and social media pages for a
different reason: to prevent them from criticizing and exposing corruption
cases related to PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his senior officials in the
West Bank.
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