Facebook sued for $1 billion over 'Intifada against Israel' page

Facebook last week shut down the "Third Intifada" page, which had almost 500,000 fans.

A lawsuit filed in a court claims that the social network showed "negligence" by not quickly responding to appeals to remove the page, iloubnan.info reported.

The complaint seeks more than USD 1 billion in damage and calls on the court to bar Facebook "from allowing the Facebook page titled 'Third Palestinian Intifada,' and other related and similar sites, which advocate violence and death to Jews."

The suit, a copy of which was obtained by technology blog TechCrunch, was filed in DC Superior Court by Larry Klayman, who describes himself in the complaint as "an American citizen of Jewish origin" who is "active in matters concerning the security of Israel and all people."

Facebook dismissed the case as "without merit" and said it would fight.

"While we haven't been served with a complaint, we believe the case is without merit and we will fight it vigorously," a Facebook spokesman said.

Facebook shut down the page on Tuesday.