viernes, 8 de julio de 2016

Israel Targeting Palestinian Protesters on Facebook

Israel Targeting Palestinian Protesters on Facebook

 "The arrests of Palestinians for Facebook posts open a window into the
practices of Israel’s surveillance state and reveal social media’s
darker side. What was once seen as a weapon of the weak has turned into
the perfect place to ferret out potential resistance."

 

Palestinian women wait to cross through the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 10, 2016, as they head to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque for the first Friday prayer of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a slew of punitive and deterrent measures against Palestinians in the wake of the shooting in a popular Tel Aviv nightspot, the deadliest attack in a months-long wave of violence. Among the measures, the Israeli government said it was revoking entry permits for more than 80,000 Palestinians to visit relatives in Israel during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, a move likely to further stoke tensions. / AFP / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian women wait to cross through the Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 10, 2016.
Photo: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images
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