Israeli Court On Procedural Grounds Refuses To Order YouTube To Remove Anti-Muslim Video

Times of Israel reports that the District Court in Jerusalem today rejected a petition by United Arab List and a group of Arab public figures seeking an order to require Google to remove from YouTube Israel the trailer for the controversial video "The Innocence of Muslims."  While noting that removing the video from YouTube would not prevent people accessing it on other sites, the basis for the court's decision was a procedural one.  YouTube was not included as a defendant in the case. Only its parent, Google, Inc., was named in the lawsuit.