Facebook page supporting Palestinian intifada pulled down

Facebook page supporting Palestinian intifada pulled down
By Kevin Flower, CNN
March 29, 2011 -- Updated 1528 GMT (2328 HKT)

Other pages with the same name have been created on Facebook
The Israeli government said the page promoted the killing of Jews
The creators of the page said it promotes the liberation of Palestine

Jerusalem (CNN) -- A controversial Facebook page calling for another Palestinian intifada appears to have been pulled off the social media website, following complaints from the Israeli government that it incited violence against Jews.

Company officials could not immediately be reached for comment, but the group page entitled the "Third Palestinian Intifada" -- which had garnered more than 350,000 "likes" over the course of the past month -- was no longer available on the Facebook website Tuesday. A few other identically named pages have popped up since then, some with the same messages the previous page had.

The page's removal follows heavy criticism from the Israeli government and pro-Israel organizations that Facebook was ignoring its own terms-of-service guidelines, which prohibit the posting of content that is "hateful, threatening, or... incites violence."

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In an administrative post, the activists wrote that the purpose of the page was to liberate Palestine and fight "against injustice, division, and corruption" following the protest movements in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya.

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