Associated Incidents
A construction worker was arrested after he posted ‘Good morning’ on Facebook, because the automatic translation got it wrong.
The Palestinian man had posted a photo at work with a cigarette and a coffee, adding a greeting to his followers in Arabic.
But the online translator misread what he said, translating it as ‘Hurt them’.
Israeli police arrested him on suspicion of inciting violence, believing he was urging people to use a bulldozer to attack people, the Times of Israel reports.
Nobody who spoke Arabic had read the post before he was interrogated.
Israeli security forces arrested him (File picture: Getty)
The automatic translator got mixed up because there is only one letter different in the phrases ‘good morning to you all’ and ‘hurt them’ in Arabic.
Bulldozers have been used in terror attacks in the past, so police thought he was promoting violence.
In fact it was a totally innocent and good natured photo from Beitar Illit settlement on October 15.
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The man has since deleted his Facebook post and did not want to be identified, the Times reported.
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