Third Intifada page regains 27,000 fans in first day

31-03-2011

Al Qassam website- Occupied Jerusalem- 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.

Source: Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades - Information Office.
Link: http://qassam.ps/news-4354-Third_Intifada_page_regains_27000_fans_in_first_day.html.