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Al Jazeera
Politics
Caolan Magee

Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

Israeli soldiers at the fence around the illegal settlement in Beit Ummar, near Hebron, on January 31, 2015 [Abed al-Hashlamoun/EPA]

Facebook has platformed more than 100 paid advertisements promoting illegal settlements and far-right settler activity in the occupied West Bank, an Al Jazeera investigation has found, raising concerns that the social media giant is profiting from content that may violate international law.

Among the advertisements identified were also calls for the demolition of Palestinian homes, schools, and playgrounds, as well as fundraising appeals for Israeli military units operating in Gaza.

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