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Users accuse Facebook, Instagram of bias by censoring Palestinian content
A Palestinian writer from Jerusalem received a warning that his account might be deleted for posting videos, stories on Sheikh Jarrah
Hundreds of users of social media networks have accused Instagram and Facebook of removing content and accounts reporting on violence in the Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood in East Jerusalem – a part of the Palestinian territories under international law, the
Arab News reported.
One of the videos that was deleted from the story archives of Palestinian journalist Maha Rezeq was about Israeli settler Jacob, who took over the house of Muna El-Kurd in 2009. The settler told her that if he did not steal her house then someone else would, the paper reported.
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DUBAI: Imagine the pain of being kicked out of your own home. Then imagine being unable to let the world know what is happening to you.
This is the reality for Palestinians living in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, which houses 28 families from the 1948 Nakba. Under international law, East Jerusalem is considered part of the Palestinian Territories.
Earlier this year, the Israeli Central Court in East Jerusalem approved a decision to evict four Palestinian families from their homes in the neighborhood.
The court was scheduled to issue a ruling on the evictions on May 6 amid heated demonstrations and clashes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers, but the decision was delayed until May 10.