NYS Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling on Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take immediate action on Facebook�s �shameful� exclusion of Israel. When creating a background profile on Facebook, users are given 50 nationality options. These options include Palestine, while Israel is conspicuously absent.

�Palestine is not even a country,� said Hikind. �How did it end up as an option? Well, we all know the answer to that. I suspect some racist programmer was able to slip that by while purposefully excluding Israel as an option. That�s insulting and Facebook should be held accountable.

�Mark Zuckerberg has been quoted as saying, �As a Jew, my parents taught me that we must stand up against attacks on all communities.� I am calling on Mr. Zuckerberg to get to the bottom of this attack on Jews and Israelis. The exclusion of Israel from Facebook, a publicly traded company, while Palestine is included is no accident�it�s a purposeful, racist insult that must be addressed immediately.�

Hikind also asked Facebook users to utilize the �report a problem� feature on the Facebook Help menu to enlighten Facebook of the issue.

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