Israel’s Major Media Outlets Urge Facebook to Remove Posts Threatening Israeli Journalists
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIn the wake of an 11-day war in Gaza, Israel’s major TV broadcast channels, newspapers, news websites and radios have rallied to urge Facebook to take immediate action against hateful posts inciting physical harm of journalists.Addressed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on May 26, the letter was penned by Israeli lawyer Noga Rubinstein on behalf of key media outlets, including Keshet 12, Reshet 13 and Channel 20, the channels Kan 11 News, Globes, Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, the Jerusalem Post, Ynet, Mako and Walla!, 99FM, 103FM and 104.5FM.