Israel Urges Apple to Remove Pro-Palestinian App

Baltimore Jewish Life ^ | 6/21/11 | Josef Federman, AP

[Nachum]

JERUSALEM – The Israeli government on Tuesday appealed to Apple Inc. to remove an application called "ThirdIntifada" from its App Store, saying the program glorifies violence against the Jewish state.

Israel's information minister, Yuli Edelstein, sent the request in an email to Steve Jobs, the chief executive of the American iPhone maker.

"Intifadah" is the Arabic term for two violent uprisings against Israel over the past two decades. The free application encourages its followers to share opinions and organize protests against Israel.

It is linked to a website that, among other things, helped organize violent clashes with Israeli troops recently along Israel's frontiers with Lebanon and Syria.

"Upon review of the stories, articles and photos published by means of the application, one can easily see that this is in fact anti-Israel and anti-Zionist. Furthermore, as is implied by its name, the application calls for an uprising against the State of Israel," Edelstein wrote.

"I am convinced that you are aware of this type of application's ability to unite many toward an objective that could be disastrous," he added. "I therefore turn to you with the request to instruct the immediate removal of the application in question."

There was no immediate comment by Apple.

Apple's guidelines for developers say that applications "containing references or commentary about a religious, cultural or ethnic group that are defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited or likely to expose the targeted group to harm or violence will be rejected."

The guidelines also reject depictions of weapons that encourage "illegal or reckless" use.

A similar campaign by Edelstein last March prompted Facebook to remove a related page.

[cripplecreek]

Make a gay bashing app and it’ll be gone so fast your head will spin.

[Semper911]

Who knew there was an app for Jew hating?

Can you imagine the dust-up if there was an app that encouraged fighting against Islam?

[Never A Dull Moment]

Call 1-800- My Apple and ask for Customer Service. The more people who complain about this, the sooner they will remove it, and others like it. Ask for a case number to ensure it will be addressed.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Nachum. Yours is first on FR, but this one’s a little more to the point:

Israel asks Apple to remove ‘3rd intifada’ application
The Jerusalem Post | June 21, 2011 | HERB KEINON
Posted on 06/21/2011 12:58:59 PM PDT by Never A Dull Moment
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2737882/posts

[Never A Dull Moment]

It is not so surprising, really. They are simply working with the technology of the times. Throughout history, Anti-Semites have always been creative inventors.