Facebook's Own Israeli-Palestinian Dispute
Can there be virtual border disputes and rival claims to a country even online? Apparently so, as Facebook found itself being criticized by both Palestinian and Israeli members who live in the West Bank.
The popular online social networking site was, for a time, identifying Israeli settlers whose homes are in the West Bank as being residents of Palestine. The settlers disagreed and threatened to close their Facebook accounts -- plus they claimed Facebook was making a political statement. In response, Facebook decided to allow people who live in the West Bank to choose either Israel or Palestine as their home.
But this move has upset many Palestinian residents of the West Bank.
Now there are people on both sides who have created Facebook groups with names like "It's not Israel, It's Palestine" and, of course, "It's not Palestine, It's Israel."
At least their arguments are simple, even if the underlying problem is not.
Maybe someone can come up with a Facebook group where people from both sides can join?
From Reuters.
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The popular online social networking site was, for a time, identifying Israeli settlers whose homes are in the West Bank as being residents of Palestine. The settlers disagreed and threatened to close their Facebook accounts -- plus they claimed Facebook was making a political statement. In response, Facebook decided to allow people who live in the West Bank to choose either Israel or Palestine as their home.But this move has upset many Palestinian residents of the West Bank.
Now there are people on both sides who have created Facebook groups with names like "It's not Israel, It's Palestine" and, of course, "It's not Palestine, It's Israel."
At least their arguments are simple, even if the underlying problem is not.
Maybe someone can come up with a Facebook group where people from both sides can join?
From Reuters.
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