Israel's Foreign Ministry said Monday that YouTube had removed several Palestinian videos it considered to be inciting Palestinians to launch attacks on Israelis amid the increasing violence in the last couple of weeks.

Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon told AFP that the videos in question were inciting "violence, hate and the murder of Israelis and Jews" and that they were "quickly erased" from YouTube following Israel's request.

This request was made public last Thursday when Nahshon, who also contacted Facebook concerning similar videos, shared an excerpt from the letter that was sent to Google Israel, whose parent company Google owns YouTube.

"The videos depict recent terror attacks, praise the assailants and present Jews and Israelis in a hateful and racist manner, and since their publishing, three more attacks have taken place so far," the excerpt said.

Following the Al-Aqsa Mosque clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in September, the month of October has seen an increasing climate of fresh violence engulf the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and occupied Jerusalem.

The number of Palestinian casualties has reached 29 since the start of October, with thousands of others injured, according to a Palestinian Health Ministry statement posted Tuesday . In addition, four Israelis were killed and 70 others were injured.

One of the removed YouTube videos was a fictionalized account that portrayed two Jews who were bullying Palestinian children in a Jerusalem neighborhood that looked like the Old City, being killed by a Palestinian bystander, according to Israeli Daily Haaretz .

Another removed video was reportedly an animation of a non-fictional account that portrayed the shooting of Eitam and Naama Henkin, an Israeli couple killed in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank earlier this month.

The violence that has erupted since the start of October has had many on both sides of the conflict concerned about the rise of a "third intifada."

Moreover, many Palestinians have taken to social media over the past two weeks to share their accounts, sparking the launch of multiple active Arabic hashtags about an impending uprising such as "the intifada has begun" and "the third Palestinian intifada."

The Middle Eastern pay-TV giant Orbit Showtime Network announced Monday that it would be launching an Arabic version of the hit American comedy show "Saturday Night Live" in January 2016.

The announcement was the highlight of a press conference the network held in Dubai to announce its new programming lineup for the 2016 season.

"Saturday Night Live Arabia" will be shot in Egypt and feature the Middle East's comedic talents, but it will follow the same format as the original program, according to OSN's executive vice-president of programming and creative services Khulud Abu Homos.

“We have been prepping for two years, training our creative team and writers. We did it by the book and hopefully we will ensure that this show will be a cornerstone for what it has been in other countries: the platform for launching new comedy talents,” Homos said .

While the new comedy show will follow SNL's original format, it will be remodeled to appropriately fit the Middle Eastern environment and society it will be broadcast in, as OSN's CEO David Butorac pointed out when the producers were asked about the famously controversial nature of SNL's content.

Despite the fact that there haven't yet been many details revealed about the cast or the lines the content of the show will follow, some are speculating that Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef will be involved with the new project as he is known to have ties with OSN and has participated in some of its 2016 lineup events this week.

In addition to SNL Arabia, OSN announced the launch of other localized programming including a spin-off of the hit Turkish series 'Harim El-Sultan' called 'Kosem Sultan' and the anticipated return of 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' with George Kurdahi .

OSN also announced the launch of a talk show hosted by Iraqi-American women's rights advocate and writer Zainab Salbi in October called the ' Nidaa Show ' which will target Arab women.