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Saga bans Israel web chat forum

January 3, 2013 19:30

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Sandy Rashty,

Sandy Rashty

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A social networking site for over-50s has removed its news and debating section in response to a torrent of anti-Israel messages being posted on the forum.

Saga Zone banned one unnamed user for posting “offensive” anti-Israel messages on the site.

Paul Green, a director at Saga Zone, said: “Action taken has included banning an individual who persistently copied and pasted anti-Israeli propaganda. In addition, we have deleted discussion threads on an alleged Israeli shoot-to-kill policy and another about the Israeli bombing of Gaza, both of which had become rather too heated.”

Sue Berry, a Jewish former Saga Zone user, said the site had “become terrible over the past few months.

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