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08-11-2016, 12:30 AM
People are demanding Google adds Palestine to the map
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Palestine isn't on Google's map, and it never has been, but the issue has come to the fore again this week.
The company's decision to leave the state off Google Maps has long been a bone of contention for many people. Indeed, a petition calling on the internet giant to change its thinking was launched five months ago (https://www.change.org/p/google-inc-google-put-palestine-on-your-maps?recruiter=282473766&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=whatsapp) and has since received over 273,000 signatures.
SEE ALSO: Sweden officially recognizes Palestinian state (http://mashable.com/2014/10/30/sweden-recognises-palestinian-state/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
However, the debate roared again at an Aug. 3 forum of Palestinian journalists with the release of a statement (http://www.fpjs.ps/Show.aspx?id=1971#) condemning the company for the "crime" of "deleting Palestine."
The journalists were wrong in thinking that Palestine had been "deleted" — the truth is a bug had accidentally ******* "Gaza Strip" and "West Bank" according to Google. But the statement has raised the issue on social media. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/google-maps-palestine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Palestine isn't on Google's map, and it never has been, but the issue has come to the fore again this week.
The company's decision to leave the state off Google Maps has long been a bone of contention for many people. Indeed, a petition calling on the internet giant to change its thinking was launched five months ago (https://www.change.org/p/google-inc-google-put-palestine-on-your-maps?recruiter=282473766&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=whatsapp) and has since received over 273,000 signatures.
SEE ALSO: Sweden officially recognizes Palestinian state (http://mashable.com/2014/10/30/sweden-recognises-palestinian-state/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
However, the debate roared again at an Aug. 3 forum of Palestinian journalists with the release of a statement (http://www.fpjs.ps/Show.aspx?id=1971#) condemning the company for the "crime" of "deleting Palestine."
The journalists were wrong in thinking that Palestine had been "deleted" — the truth is a bug had accidentally ******* "Gaza Strip" and "West Bank" according to Google. But the statement has raised the issue on social media. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/google-maps-palestine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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