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posted by martyb on Thursday August 11 2016, @04:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the "Here-be-dragons" dept.

Google has been accused of deleting Palestine from Google Maps – but the truth is, it was never labelled by Google in the first place.

When searching for Palestine on Google Maps, it shows an outline, but with no label for Palestine and Israel labelled alongside it. While 136 members of the United Nations recognise Palestine as an independent state, the US and much of the west does not.

[...] A Google spokeswoman said: "There has never been a 'Palestine' label on Google Maps, however we discovered a bug that removed the labels for 'West Bank' and 'Gaza Strip'. We're working quickly to bring these labels back to the area."

[...] A 2014 project called Disputed Territories documented how Google Maps attempts to stay out of geographical disputes and issues of national identity.

For example: users in Russia see a solid boundary line around Russia and Crimea. Outside of Russia, Crimea is surrounded by dashed lines, indicating it as occupied territory.

Source: The Guardian


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Thursday August 11 2016, @06:45PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday August 11 2016, @06:45PM (#386724)

    I'm pointing out that not all jews like Bibi and approve of his actions.
    There are lots of people who would like to see him and the extremist settler parties gone from government and the Occupied Territories. They are Jews to, and I don't like to see them put in the same bucket as the government they keep voting or acting against.

    "A company does something bad in Palestine, because the bosses are Jews" is an antisemitic statement, and people hide behind that to avoid addressing the root problem.
    "A company does something bad in Palestine, and the bosses support the Israeli Government despite/with its discriminatory policies" is how you might end up finding solutions.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 12 2016, @12:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 12 2016, @12:05AM (#386836)

    I'm pointing out that not all jews like Bibi and approve of his actions.
    There are lots of people who would like to see him and the extremist settler parties gone from government and the Occupied Territories

    What are those 'people' (if one could call jews 'people') doing about their 'disapproval' of their hardline government? When a country elects a government, all citizens are responsible for its actions whether they voted for it or not. If they do not change their government through legal or illegal means, they take full responsibility for its actions and inactions.

    I do not see any jewish violent armed demonstrations against their hardline government's actions.

    There are only goy who make a peaceful demonstration against the jewish country's illegal actions and are run over by bulldozers promptly.

    antisemitic statement

    What the fuck is that?

    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 12 2016, @12:49AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 12 2016, @12:49AM (#386850)

      What are those 'people' (if one could call jews 'people'

      That is an antisimitic statement.
      I have no love of the jewish, I do not care how we got here, the fighting must stop.
      If the arabs/muslims put down their weapons today there would be peace.
      If israel puts down its weapons there would be no israel.

      Will we, as a civilisation, ever grow up?

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 12 2016, @02:18AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 12 2016, @02:18AM (#386872)

        I do not care how we got here

        To know where you are going, you must understand how you got there.

        If the arabs/muslims put down their weapons today

        If the Arabs/Muslims put down their weapons against israel, there would be a bloodbath; half the world would be turned into glass by the criminal jew. Those who do bow down to the criminal jew will become their slaves.

        Will we, as a civilisation, ever grow up?

        The rest can grow up, but the jew never changes. He remains the vermin he is.

        Never underestimate the criminal mind of the Khazars.

    • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Friday August 12 2016, @10:00AM

      by fritsd (4586) on Friday August 12 2016, @10:00AM (#386954) Journal

      What are those 'people' (if one could call jews 'people') doing about their 'disapproval' of their hardline government?

      I've heard some mention about B'Tselem [wikipedia.org], but I have no idea how influential they are as a force in Israeli politics. My unfounded opinion is, about as much force as the Green Party in the USA, unfortunately.
      I must say they sound like brave people, to go against a government that is hardening its stance by the year. And what they do is probably seriously impopular.