—— SIGN THE #PETITION —— ► #Facebook is running advertisements selling settlement homes located on land stolen from our friends and families in Palestine. But if we take action now, we can stop it. Thousands of Israelis and supporters of the occupation have seen ads on Facebook - the world’s largest social network - offering them to buy homes in settlements like Modi’in and Ariel. These settlements are symbols of discrimination and violence that we’re all struggling to put an end to. Facebook’s ad guidelines say it’s prohibited to run ads offering illegal products. Settlements are not just illegal, the process of building and populating them is considered a war crime by the international community. We can make Facebook remove these ads and prevent similar ads from showing up on their page: If 10,000 of us sign this petition, Avaaz will create a media storm that will reach millions of Facebook users, increasing the pressure on Facebook’s executives. Similar campaigns have succeeded in getting Facebook to remove ads for illegal and offensive products, and it will work for Palestine if enough of us join this campaign. We need all your voices to win. Facebooks guidelines make clear that ads must not promote illegal activity. They also state that ads may not harass others. Ads for living in these settlements encourage violence towards and harass the thousands of Palestinians who have been forcibly displaced and physically hurt by these settlements. Some may argue that banning these ads violates certain groups freedom of speech. Avaazs members respect freedom of speech. We have a global track record of campaigning hard to protect it. But when freedom of speech is abused in order to physically harm people and their property, and violate basic human rights, we need to take action. The promotion of settlement construction is a call to deeply hurt peoples lives, and that goes beyond the core values having freedom of speech strives to uphold in the world. Sign the petition calling on Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, to ban all ads offering settlement homes, so that these ads stop showing up on the social network... ► To Mark #Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO of Facebook, Inc: We were shocked to see ads for illegal Israeli settlements on Facebook. The establishment and expansion of settlements is considered a war crime. Settlements are a main cause of violence and discrimination in the region. Facebooks advertising guidelines state that Ads may not constitute, facilitate or promote illegal activity. We therefore call upon you to ban all advertisements for settlement homes or settlement based products from showing on Facebook.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:12:38 +0000
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