MRC Free Speech America reached out to YouTube on Oct. 12 to question whether the company allowed content that “actively calls for the mass murder of Israeli citizens?” MRC researchers launched an investigation after Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh helped to ignite what became infamously known as the “Day of Jihad.” Haniyeh’s anti-Semitic call to action against Israel was uttered during an interview with Qatari state-owned Al Jazeera, which the outlet — notorious for its historically pro-Hamas bent — then promoted on YouTube.

“This is the battle of not only the Palestinians or the Gazans, it is the battle of all the Arab and Muslim nations,” Haniyeh claimed in the YouTube video. “Simply for the reason that it is a battle for Palestine, it is a battle for Jerusalem.” Haniyeh’s call came after Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israeli cities, leaving a trail of horror. Amidst YouTube’s hypocritical inaction, the video reached over one million videos.

YouTube’s inaction came as a stark contrast to its previously swift, often unwarranted, censorship of Republicans.

[At least they did finally do the right thing. But why did it take so much effort to quash a call for genocidal attacks after the suppression of mundane dissenting views in American politics? — Ed]