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Google Formally Puts Palestine On Virtual Map

Posted by timothy on from the ministry-of-truth dept.

hypnosec writes "Google has indirectly walked right into one of the Middle East's most obstinate conflicts by labeling Palestine as an independent nation — wiping off the term 'Palestinian Territories' and replacing it with 'Palestine' in its localized search page. Google's move is more or less in line with the UN's October decision to name Palestine as a non-member observer state. The status given to Palestine will allow the state to join UN debates as well as global bodies such as the International Criminal Court, in theory at least. Up until May 1, anyone visiting http://www.google.ps were shown the phrase Palestinian Territories. This change is definitely not a huge one but, it has attracted criticism from politicians in Israel."

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  1. USA:Israel::China:BestKorea by Gothmolly · · Score: 1, Funny

    We all have our roles to play I suppose.

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    1. Re:USA:Israel::China:BestKorea by LordLimecat · · Score: 3, Funny

      Its still absurd to compare NKorea to basically anyone except North Korea, or historical regimes.

      Isnt Israel a democracy that DOESNT stick its people in prison camps?

  2. Imagine The Poor Guy Who Changed This by Karganeth · · Score: 1, Funny

    He just removed "territories" from the "Palestine territories" google picture because he thought it looked better. Now every major news outlet is carrying this (non)story.

  3. A First for Google by cervesaebraciator · · Score: 5, Funny

    After much deliberation, they thought "Palestine Beta" would cause yet more controversy.

  4. all part of the big ploy? by crutchy · · Score: 5, Funny

    the rothschild family and the queen of england are just trying to use their proxies (including google) to spark conflict in the middle east to trigger world war 3, collapse the US dollar and invoke the new world order... in preparation for the nazis to return from the dark side of the moon with their army of rock spiders

    1. Re:all part of the big ploy? by unitron · · Score: 4, Funny

      No Illuminati, no Knights Templar, no Free Masons, no Opus Dei, no Rosicrucians.

      And you expect us to believe there's an actual conspiracy?

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    2. Re:all part of the big ploy? by 19061969 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Aren't there supposed to be some lizards in there somewhere?

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  5. Re:All hail the new world government by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    The UN is saving its energy for the vi/emacs dispute.

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  6. Re:Good by skdffff · · Score: 1, Funny

    And before some butt-hurt heeb starts pulling out his "you disagree with Israel, you therefor are an anti-semite" card...
    Sir Gerald Kaufman is himself a Jew.

    There are three kinds of people - jews, anti-semites and jewish anti-semites.

  7. Re:Violence and Palestinians Muslims by alexkaskasoli · · Score: 3, Funny

    "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics" - Mark Twain