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<h1 class="article-title">Israel To Coordinate With Google, YouTube,
To Censor Palestinian Videos Of Conflict</h1>
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<span class="article-detail"><img class="icon"
src="cid:part1.05040703.05030204@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> Friday November 27, 2015 02:34</span><span
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src="cid:part2.01070201.05050908@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> by Saed Bannoura<br>
<b><small><small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.imemc.org/article/74028">http://www.imemc.org/article/74028</a></small></small></b></span></span></div>
<blockquote class="article-intro">The Israeli Deputy Foreign
Minister, Member of Knesset Tzipi Hotovely, held meetings this
week with representatives of YouTube and Google, to find ways of
cooperating to censor Palestinian videos from occupied Palestine,
videos she dubbed as “inciting violence and terrorism.”</blockquote>
<p class="article">Israeli daily Maariv said Hotovely will be
working with Google and YouTube officials in a joint mechanism
that will be in charge of “monitoring and preventing” any
publication of materials deemed by Tel Aviv to be “inflammatory.”<br>
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Hotovely announced in a Hebrew-only press release that she met
with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, and Google’s Director of Public
Policy, Jennifer Oztzistzki, at Google’s Silicon Valley Offices. <br>
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Hotovely said that she received a comprehensive review mechanism
for companies to monitor the films that allegedly incite violence,
claiming that the supposed ‘incitement videos’ drive young
children to go out and stab: "The attacks daily in Israel are the
result of youths and children incited by the education system and
the social networks, this is a daily war of incitement."<br>
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She said that Google agreed to strengthen the bilateral relations
with Israel’s Foreign Ministry, and build a mechanism of
“collaborative work” that would make both parties partners in
monitoring the published materials and censoring them.<br>
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The Israeli move comes amidst escalating tension in occupied
Palestine, and a large number of videos, including those showing
Israeli soldiers and officers killing Palestinians execution-style
after injuring them, and many videos that in general highlight the
suffering of the Palestinian people, living under the illegal
Israeli occupation of Palestine.<br>
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The Israeli coordination with Google and YouTube has very serious
implications, and many journalists have spoken out in opposition,
saying it is a direct assault on the Freedom of the Press.<br>
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All foreign journalists who report in the Occupied Territories are
required to register with the Israeli military, and any footage
that they film is required to go through the Israeli Military
Censor’s office before it can be released. <br>
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With the recent advances in technology, many Palestinians and
other civilians have been able to post videos uncensored online. <br>
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The Israeli government has frequently voiced its discontent with
this development, and have worked to find ways to continue to
censor videos coming out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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