Apple drops 3rd Intifada application from onlinestore'

TheCalifornia-based computer giant, Apple, has removed an app from its onlinestore called "3rd Intifada,". The app gave information about protestactivities planned against Israel, some of them violent. Theannouncement of the app's removal came after Diplomacy and Diaspora AffairsMinister, Yuli Edelstein, sent a letter to Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, on Tuesday,requesting that the computer company stop sales of the application. Earlier in theyear, a public outcry against a Facebook page carrying the same title was alsoremoved after the company's leaders decided that the page's creator had postedincitement to violence against Israelis and Jews. Opponents ofthe Apple app and Facebook page, expressed their concerns that calls for a"3rd Intifada" were inherently violent.