The Tel Aviv rally\u2014organized to support an Israeli soldier who murdered a wounded Palestinian by shooting him in the head as the victim lay on his back\u2014was marked by chants and banners calling for mass murder.<\/p>\n
Massive rallies and Facebook campaigns calling for Palestinian genocide are ignored by Western mainstream media and Facebook despite concerns and collaborations aimed at stopping \u201ccalls to violence\u201d.<\/p>\n
Since last October<\/a>, the Israeli government has accused Palestinians and their allies of \u201cinciting violence\u201d against Israelis, despite the fact that only 34 Israelis have died in that time frame compared to 230 Palestinians. The uptick in violence has been attributed to an internationally condemned<\/a> Israeli encroachment<\/a> of Palestinian lands in the contested West Bank.<\/p>\n Israeli government concern over recent violence has led them to arrest Palestinians for social media content that could potentially<\/em> lead to crimes. So far, 145 Palestinians<\/a> have been arrested this year for \u201cpre-crime\u201d via social media \u201cincitement.\u201d This practice eventually led to a collaboration between Facebook and the Israeli government<\/a>, whose joint effort to curb social media \u201cincitement\u201d has led to the banning of several Facebook accounts<\/a> of Palestinian journalists and news agencies.<\/p>\n However, social media, as well as mainstream Western media, have failed to condemn Israeli \u201cincitement\u201d against Palestinians, a practice that is surprisingly common considering the little to no attention it receives. Often these anti-Palestinian posts, pictures, and rallies are rife with calls for genocide<\/a>, with cries of \u201cDeath to the whole Arab nation\u201d and \u201cKill them all\u201d surprisingly common.<\/p>\n Even the Times of Israel ran an op-ed article about \u201cWhen Genocide is Permissible<\/a>\u201d in reference to Israel\u2019s treatment of Palestinians. Though the post was eventually taken down, it points to an all-too-common and dangerous mentality that social media, the Israeli government, and Western media \u201cconveniently\u201d ignore.<\/p>\n An Israeli news agency even put the then-suspected preferential treatment to the test<\/a> and found that Facebook and the Israeli authorities treated calls for revenge from Palestinians and Israelis very differently.<\/p>\n Even massive rallies calling for Palestinian genocide have been ignored entirely by social media and the corporate press. Earlier this year in April, a massive anti-Palestinian rally<\/a> took place in Tel Aviv where thousands called for the death of all Arabs. The rally was organized to support an Israeli soldier who killed an already-wounded Palestinian by shooting him execution-style in the head.<\/p>\n Crowd chants "Elor the hero" and "death to Arabs." This seems more like a celebration of murder than anything pic.twitter.com\/2QHDpIT0LJ<\/a><\/p>\n — Dan Cohen (@dancohen3000) April 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n