Apple Defers to Israel: Removes ‘Third Intifada’ App
- Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:05pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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After much controversy, Apple has decided to pull its “3rd intifada” iPhone application as it “violates the developer guidelines by being offensive to large groups of people.” Reportedly, the 3rd intifada app provided users with information about when and where violent anti-Israel rallies and activities would take place.
Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein sent a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday, imploring him to remove the app from circulation. Once its removal was confirmed, Jpost reported that Edelstein praised the company for doing so:
The computer giant Apple’s decision to remove an application from its online store called “3rd intifada” is an additional step in “preventing hostile elements – which are frequently tainted by anti-Semitism – from spreading incitement via the new media,” Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein said Thursday.
While the removal of the 3rd intifada iPhone app is a step in the right direction, the app itself is only one small part of the larger Third Palestinian Intifada media suite, that includes a dedicated website, Facebook, Youtube and Twitter pages.
The Blaze recently reported on Facebook’s Third Palestinian Intifada page that still remains on the site despite Facebook officials’ claims that it removed the page back in late March.
In fact, JPost still reports with the assumption that Facebook removed its Third Palestinian Intifada page:
Earlier in the year, public outcry against a Facebook page carrying the same title was also removed after company heads decided that the page’s creator had posted incitement to violence against Israelis and Jews.
Edelstein claimed that both the Apple application and Facebook page were started by the same organization, seeking the same goals.
The Independent also operates under the same assumption:
Israel recently scored another success in cyberspace when it convinced Facebook to pull down a Palestinian Third Intifada page calling for an uprising against Israel. The page had attracted more than 350,000 fans.
Facebook, whose social networking site has played an instrumental role in galvanising protests across the Arab world in recent months, initially refused, buckling only after Israel appealed personally to founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Yet as we now know, the Third Palestinian Intifada Facebook page is still alive and well, and has picked up roughly another 40,000 members. In tow are numerous other intifada adjunct pages on the site. Why no other media outlet seems to notice the newer, stronger Third Palestinian Intifada pages on Facebook, remains a mystery.
Hopefully, Apple will be more consistent, and vigilant than Facebook, and won’t allow another vitriolic “3rd intifada” app to crop up in the old one’s place.
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Comments (55)
lildeb56
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:59amGood. I’d hate to have to give up my IPod!!!
Report Post »SLR Cameras
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:17amwow. I can’t believe the social media presence that they have.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:44amNow a Soros fund is being funded by taxpayers to attack Fox! Commie government!!!!! I want my money back!
Report Post »Stu Pedaso
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:39amLeave the app on line. Play by their rules and maybe just maybe a local cab could accidentally go boom. When there are no more downloads our work is done. Tadah. I know that sounds bad, but I am getting really tired of this crap going on around the world. One of these days we will have to scare the crap out of these dirtbags. Level their town, make it horrific, and go home. Don’t rebuild. You started it, we finished it, end of story!
Report Post »Willie Stoker
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:51amWe have reached the point of Good verses Evil with this Middle East problem, To be on the side of evil terrorists against the peaceful people of Israel, who just want to live in peace and get along with their neighbors is just evil indeed. The Palestinians, and other Muslims who want nothing short of Israel being annihilated and all the Jews killed, are no better than Hitler and the Nazis, who, by the way, they were allies with in their effort to kill all the Jews during world war two.
Report Post »People need to understand that in they eyes of these evil people Israel is the little Satan and the US is the Great Satan, How could Americans possibly be on the side of these people against Israel?
poulin
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 8:58pmthe muslim mantra is: Saturday first, Sunday second. They intend to destroy the Jews first and the Christians second. Like their founder, they are murderers.
Report Post »jessieH
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:49amI dropped Apple because of it. Facebook is a joke.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 6:06am“After much controversy” the the third intifada app was removed?
Report Post »Why was there any controversy?
The response seems obvious.
The REAL Question: Why was it there in the first place?
ohiovalleywizard
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 4:34amwhy do i feel that this cannot end well?
Report Post »colonial10
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 3:00amI like the sound of that, offensive to large groups of people. I have been hopeless because of this onslaught of evil leftist groups spreading the seeds of mediocracy like a plague. I’m glad that people are finally fighting for the survival of the U.S. We have a major battle ahead of us. I do not think we will get a break until Jesus comes back. We just cannot let our guard down. At least for now Apple thought of the Americans who are aware. I will tell you all one thing. Every American company is under attack. The goal of Gods enemy which is ours is to replace these companies with their own. Remember these individuals who may or may not be Extremists have tons of money from oil sales. Our money.These extremists have also infiltrated our own government. I send a shout out to all Blaze commentators who feverishly defend freedom. Let’s not get caught with our pants around our ankles. Honorable woman and men who defend our beautiful liberty with their tongues. Keep on keeping on in the face of prejudice by learning to have real conversations. The only way we can win is through the Art of Conversation. To gnash your teeth at our opponents is a complete win for the lefties who are so prejudice that they have a mob army to direct their bombardments at God. So be it.
Report Post »AG47GAMERNUT
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:33amThe sun of God …… Is real light :)
Whay do Jews think of Christians ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNMFZZOOZLg
Loo Cipher
Report Post »AG47GAMERNUT
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:41amThe sun of God …… Is real light :)
What do Jews think of Christians ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNMFZZOOZLg
Loo Cipher
Report Post »jim
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:27amThat such an app was even allowed into Apple stores is appalling.
Report Post »Sy Kosys
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:19am“After much controversy…” Seriously? WTFwas it doing up there in the first F’ing place?
Artards
Report Post »agameofthrones
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 11:50pmGood for Apple. Now how do we convince Facebook to take down the Third Palestinian Infantada page? It is still up as of this moment. If they don’t have a voice on social networking sites, they will have to spew their hate elsewhere.
Report Post »DAGNY
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 11:32pmNo kudos to Apple. What kind of company would even allow this crap in the first place? Is this what our world is now? You can’t have a FB page for an unaborted fetus, but you can have one for Third Palestinian Intifada. And only after they make a personal appeal to Apple’s evil capitalist “fat cat”, does the company cave?
Disgusting!
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 11:27pmWhew…..I thought I would have to throw out my IPHONES AND COMPUTER…….thanks apple.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:56pmI guess they will have to sell it to Delta Airlines.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 11:20pmSpeaking of Delta where in the world did the DELTA story go BLAZE?
Report Post »beckbotsrlame
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:47pmWaiting for the manly I want to kiss you on the lips (rick) and do naughty things to your manly body from the Beckester app. He can make for the lost income for getting his ass fired. I willing to bet most of you mentally limited pea brain BeckBots manly men would pay big time for your Beckester app thrills. Shalom
Report Post »spirited
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:12amA long walk off a short pier sounds promising.
>Cleansing as well.
Report Post »GdHUs
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:03amHey BECKBOT, scram! We don’t allow pimply faced, fifteen year olds on this thread. Come back when you’ve lived in the real world for a while.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:38pm.
Report Post »Good for Steve Jobs. Now if he can make a Homing App. for Israeli Torpedo’s. We could download it to the Whoopie were all gonna die Gaza or Sink, Freedom Floatilla……………
cookcountypatriot
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:36pmapple,facebook all these huge progressive companys seem to be anti semitic..progressivism..what a cancer on society
Report Post »Sjah
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:34pmAt least they did the right thing when it came to it. And they went above and beyond to get Facebook to do the same. Its not world peace but its more than say, the administration (Odumber) is doing.
Report Post »Tirith
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:32pmEh, how did this thing even see the light of day? What the heck is Apple’s approval process? Someone at some point should have said…ah no.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:06amObama did personally meet the owners of Facebook and Apple. No?
>Was this like deliberately selling those killing machines to the Mexican gangsters?
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:30pmYes but is the app disabled to all that downloaded it?
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:19pmI give them credit for removing it but: Are you freaking kidding me??!!!! Why would this ever make it to public use?
Report Post »spirited
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:03amAgreed!
Who needs ‘code busters’ when the “evil doers” are so blazon?
Report Post »Erabin
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:32amBecause there was a market for it.
“Capitalism” mean anything to you at all?
You damn commie.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:12pmI am a big free enterprise guy, but when you unleash amazingly powerful technology for public use you bare some responsibility on how it is used.
Israel has a right to defend it’s regardless of where the attacks may be coming from.
Report Post »Oh My God
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:11pmOne small step for mankind, one small step for good
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:14pmThere is still hope for good apples!
Report Post »TheCenturion
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:22pmExcuse me, but the fact that they even considered it in the first place is disconcerting.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:40pmFart APP is very offensive.
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:42pm“Israel recently scored another success in cyberspace when it convinced Facebook to pull down a Palestinian Third Intifada page calling for an uprising against Israel. The page had attracted more than 350,000 fans.”
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Want to make any bets if anyone in our current administration had the app installed on their phone? What is more striking than anything is the Third Intifada facebook page had 350,000 fans!!! Evil at it’s best.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:43pmSorry, it’s just not enough that they removed it. I want to know WHO ordered it designed, WHO approved it, WHO ALLOWED IT TO GET THIS FAR???????
WHO? WHO? WHO?
AND: WHY?????
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:43pmApple should have taken it down on its own when they first became aware of this application long before Edelstein had to contact them.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:58pmGOOD vs. EVIL.. and GOOD won this one.. have to keep it up..put the pressure on..
Report Post »B2H
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 11:30pmNow they will just use Twitter!!!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 11:36pmOf the 40K Third Palestinian Intifada Facebook, how many are CIA?
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 11:51pmMaybe the Stand With Israel thing is starting to catch on.
Report Post »Nostradumbass
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 4:30amSorry, but your ignorance is astounding. Too bad you follow nostradumbass and his stupidity, but, hey. – if stupidity is your goal, go for it.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:12amKudos to Apple. While I don’t personally own one, my kids do, so I am proud of their stand. Will consider buying one next time.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:38amNow it’s time to focus on Facebook and their lies. Last time I checked it was still there, big as day. I understand freedom of the press is a fundamental right in this country(for now), but does that still apply if using that freedom puts the lives of millions of people in Israel at risk?
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:25amCheck facebook they still have third palestinian intifada pages are up.
Report Post »dirigo
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 9:25amSteve Jobs should be ashamed, he’s a disgrace to America… I don’t own anything Apple and never will now!
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