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Israeli Troops Who Relied On Waze Blundered Into Deadly Palestinian Firefight (washingtonpost.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Israeli forces mounted a rescue mission in a Palestinian neighborhood after gun battles erupted when two soldiers mistakenly entered the area because of an error on a satellite navigation app, Israeli authorities said Tuesday.The clashes late Monday in the Qalandiya refugee camp outside Jerusalem left at least one Palestinian dead and 10 injured, one seriously. According to initial Israeli reports, the two soldiers said they had been using Waze, a highly touted Israeli-invented navigation app bought more than two years ago by Google. The smartphone app, which has a settings option to 'avoid dangerous areas,' relies on crowdsourcing to give users the fastest traffic routes.
I am amazed nobody so far has gotten the obvious. 2 Israeli soldiers drive into one of the concentration camps and get mobbed. The "gun fight" and "deaths" were the inmates, and no Israeli people were harmed in the operation.
Waze is a convenient excuse and way to drown out a real problem.
Sorry my good Jewish people, but if anyone was treating Jews like Israel is treating Palestinians we would be hearing outcry and seeing military action against that country. But because it's those Palestinians, and it benefits Israel, people turn their heads and pretend nothing happens.