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Google Formally Puts Palestine On Virtual Map

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. Re:About frickin' time! by KiloByte · · Score: 0, Troll

    There's quite a lot of human rights abuses inside Israel's borders, yes. Hamas considers everyone else, including muslims who don't agree with it, to be sub-humans.

    An organization that wants any other group wiped from the face of Earth deserves just that.

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  2. Re:Good by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 0, Troll

    Article 17 of the Hamas charter: "The prophet, prayer and peace be upon him, said: The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews (and kill them); until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O Muslim! there is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him! This will not apply to the Gharqad, which is a Jewish tree (cited by Bukhari and Muslim)."

    PLO leader "Yasser Arafat's" uncle sitting with their closest political ally, discussing a mutual goal: http://i.imgur.com/NZ5DGwk.jpg?1

    This is without even getting into the non-existance of the "palestinian" people, a fact admitted by multiple prominent palestinian leaders. Try a little google yourself, read about Mark Twain's account of his trip to the region, the british saying the land was so uninhabited it needed people to survive, even the ottoman census.

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  3. Re:USA:Israel::China:BestKorea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    However, the Arabs side chooses to start all the wars.

    I know, right? Like Syria - they were bombing the shit out of Israel before they launched yesterday's strike. Oh, wait....

    Israel is at the root of all the shit in the ME. You know it, you're just a fucking propagandist for a racist, pariah state with no remaining redeeming qualities. They get bottle rockets tossed at them (very likely aided by Israel themselves to justify their massive military machine) and go on a fucking rampage.

    Face it, Israel, the world fucking hates you. It isn't just the arabs. The only friend you have left is the US - and that's only because your lobbyists are sucking cock at the highest levels. But even that will end soon, and you will be wiped from the map. And it won't be just the arabs that rejoice.