On the Internet: Jewish Settlers Complain About Facebook “Bias”

Facebook gets entangled in Middle East conflict

(Reuters)

Complaints by Jewish settlers angry at Facebook for listing them as residents of “Palestine” prompted the popular social networking Web site to allow users to switch themselves back to Israel.

Facebook users living in Maale Adumim, Ariel and other large Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank protested when the site automatically listed their hometowns as being in “Palestine.” A group of settlers accused the California-based company of having a political agenda…

Of course, we are supposed to believe that the “settlers” themselves have no political agenda and are pristine in their world outlook.

One “settler” (read: usurper of someone else’s land) whines:

“I was surprised and disappointed to find that my hometown of Ariel is listed in Facebook as being part of a country called ‘Palestine [...] I am a citizen of Israel, as are all of the other residents of Ariel. We do not live in ‘Palestine’, nor does anyone else.”

Stating the obvious: If the “settlers” want to be clearly recognized as living in Israel, then they ought to pack their bags and remove themselves to an area within the internationally recognized borders of Israel.