Legislators Call On Twitter To Ban Hamas

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday November 25, 2012 @01:28AM from the sticks-and-stones dept.

An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from The Hill: "The past week's violence in Gaza has rekindled calls for Twitter to shutter the accounts of U.S.-labeled terror groups such as Hamas. Seven House Republicans asked the FBI in September to demand that Twitter take down the accounts of U.S.-designated terrorist groups, such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Somalia's al Shabaab. The letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller was spearheaded by Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas), who said Wednesday that the recent events vindicated the request. 'Allowing foreign terrorist organizations like Hamas to operate on Twitter is enabling the enemy,' [Poe said] 'Failure to block access arms them with the ability to freely spread their violent propaganda and mobilize in their War on Israel.'"

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Re:Bullshit by blade8086 · 2012-11-25 08:33 · Score: 1, Flamebait

> Blame the British and the Balfour Declaration [un.org].
Really?
I didn't realize the Balfour declaration was a part of the Islamic conquest! Wow. learn something new every day.
If you want to look at history, look at all of it.
The war never stopped. It just took a rest long enough for a generation or two to forget that it was going on.
Re:Bullshit by Beemer+T · 2012-11-25 09:36 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Oh wow, a comparison of Israel's treatment of Palestinians to the Nazi's. I think we're done here, I regret taking you seriously enough and actually replying to one of your other posts.