Palestinian builder Halawim Halawi had posted the words with a photo of himself in the Israeli settlement of Beitar Ilit where he works.

Facebook’s automatic translation software interpreted the post to mean “attack them” in Hebrew and “hurt them” in English, according to Haaretz.

Israeli police were then informed of the message and they became suspicious because he was standing next to a bulldozer.

Such vehicles have been used in terror attacks and officers thought he may be threatening to carry out such an atrocity, the website reported.

Mr Halawi was arrested and then questioned on suspicion of incitement.

Fortunately, police realised they had made a mistake and released him a few hours later.

It was unclear how such a translation error could have been made as there are no apparent similarities between the Arabic expression used for “good morning” and the phrases in Hebrew or English.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri told the AFP news agency that “a few days ago, a Palestinian was detained for questioning on suspicion of incitement through his Facebook page”.

She said he was “immediately released” after the suspicions turned out to be false.

Haaretz reported that the Facebook post has since been deleted.

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Source: Sky news

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A similar dispute with publisher Hachette has been ongoing since May.

Amazon’s powerful grip on the online marketplace has seen it flex its muscles over contracts with suppliers.

The movie is available for pre-order on Amazon sites outside the US and can be purchased from Amazon Instant Video. Neither Warner nor Amazon responded to requests for comment on the dispute.

Shop elsewhere

In May Amazon removed the pre-order buttons for a number of book titles published by Hachette, including JK Rowling’s new detective novel, The Silkworm.

Authors with the publishing house were quick to criticise the web giant.

“Amazon wants to control book buying, book selling and even book publishing,” said James Patterson in a speech to independent booksellers.

In a statement on the Kindle forum, Amazon Books said: “When we negotiate with suppliers, we are doing so on behalf of customers.”

It encouraged users to shop elsewhere while the row was ongoing.

“If you do need one of the affected titles quickly, we regret the inconvenience and encourage you to purchase a new or used version from one of our third-party sellers or from one of our competitors,” the post read.

Amazon has a history of disputes with publishers and four years ago removed titles from publisher Macmillan during contract talks.

Experts estimate that Amazon controls about a 50% share of the book market

Source: BBC

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