Facebook suspends Palestinian news page following al-Aqsa raid coverage
Al-Qastal says suspension came after its extensive coverage of the violent Israeli raid, when two of its reporters were wounded
Palestinian girls, wearing national flags and keffiyeh headdresses, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine in the al-Aqsa Mosque complex in Jerusalem's Old City, on 15 April 15 2022 (
Facebook suspended the page of a Palestinian news site following its rolling coverage of the violent Israeli raid on al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday.
The Al-Qastal news site said on Saturday that Facebook had deleted its page without warning or explanation, causing it to lose thousands of followers.
"Without any introductions or advance warning, Al-Qastal page (in Arabic) on Facebook was, suddenly, deleted due to its extensive coverage of events of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite the strict adherence to Facebook publishing standards," Al-Qastal said in a statement.
It remains unclear why Facebook suspended Al-Qastal's Arabic news page. The bilingual Jerusalem-based outlet accused the social media platform of yielding to pressure from Israeli authorities who aim to "silence the voices of Jerusalemites," according to its statement.
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