In response to Israel's request today:
Facebook today (Tuesday) released an apology to Hillel Neuer, removing the restrictions from the page and the restriction on viewing it, after it threatened to close the popular page of the UN WATCH lobby - one of the important bodies in exposing distortions in the functioning of UN institutions.
The organization has an observer status in the UN Human Rights Council, which operates out of Geneva. The UN WATCH Facebook page has been active since 2009, and has 49,000 followers. And in particular of the Human Rights Council. It brings to the UN institutions on a regular basis witnesses who have escaped or been tortured by totalitarian regimes.
The organization became famous, among other things, for highlighting the dictatorial character of the members of the Human Rights Council, led by China.
Thus, for example, Neuer brought to a resounding testimony in the council the "Green Prince", Masab Hassan Yosef Khalil, son of Sheikh Hassan Yosef Khalil, one of the leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization in Judea and Samaria, who was one of the most important GSS agents of all time, dozens Millions of people have watched his testimony in council over the years.
Hillel Neuer, Photo: Reuters
However, it turns out that Facebook does not approve of the organization's activities.
CEO Neuer received a warning a few days ago that his Facebook page "is at risk of non-advertising" because Facebook claims "continued to violate the norms of the community". Only, and even then it was a post that had no problems.
In the summer of 2021 Neuer posted a picture of Taliban leaders after the conquest of the presidential palace in Kabul, writing: "Predictions: Ben & Jerry's will never boycott the Taliban."
The post, which received a lot of attention as a tweet on Twitter, was deleted by Facebook.
"I did not receive any explanation for the message. Facebook also did not respond to my appeal," Neuer says.
Instead, says Neuer, a threat was made to him that read: "Hillel Neuer, you may lose, and no one is interested in that."
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