Palestinians run Facebook pages of sympathy for terrorists responsible for terrorist attacks in which Israelis were killed, according to an investigation conducted by MK Bezalel Smutritz. Of far-right activists Baruch Marzel and Michael Ben-Ari, while the pages of the terrorists remained open, raises fears of improper interference with freedom of expression.
"Unfortunately, this week the accounts of Baruch Marzel and Michael Ben Ari were closed by Facebook Israel. Your conduct raises serious concerns about improper interference with freedom of expression and the Israeli discourse space. In order to constitute incitement in practice, "Smutrich wrote.
Baruch Marzel and Michael Ben Ari, Oren Ben Hakon
The Knesset member attached six accounts and fan pages of terrorists, which contain difficult content.
Among others, Palestinians operate a fan page for the murderer Muhammad Naifa, commander of al-Aqsa Martyrs in Tulkarm, who was sentenced to life in prison for a series of attacks, including the attack on Kibbutz Metzar in which Revital Ohayon and her children Matan and Noam were killed. Al-Aqsa Martyrs, sentenced to six life terms and 55 years in prison for planning a shooting attack in which six Jews were killed.
A third fan page is by Ramzi Ovida, a horrific killer who served as senior al-Aqsa Martyrs in Ramallah and a colonel in the Palestinian Authority, who murdered several Arabs suspected of collaborating with Israel and was responsible for terrorist attacks against Israelis and sentenced to several life sentences.
Chairman of Religious Zionism, Bezalel Smutrich, Oren Ben Hakon
Alongside the fan pages, there are also accounts of terrorists who have been released.
Thus, Ma'aleh Shatvi, a released terrorist who spent ten years in prison due to terrorist attacks he carried out, many contents about armed terrorists, terrorist attacks and weapons parades.
Fadi Abu Atiya, a terrorist from the al-Amari camp who has been in the Israeli prison for 13 years, also runs a Facebook account, as does Ashraf Zakrana Abu Saker - a senior member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Fan page for Muhammad al-Jusi, one of the founders of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades,
The Knesset member demanded that Facebook remove these accounts immediately.
"I urge you to immediately remove the above accounts and immediately stop the incitement to murder of Jews which is published in the accounts attached at the top of every billboard."
No response was received from Facebook Israel until the news was published, and it will be published when it is received.