Google Slammed After Erasing Palestine From Google Maps

According to the tech giant, Palestine doesn't exist. If you search for Palestine on Google Maps, it shows no label for Palestine but a label for Israel instead. See screenshot below.



Palestine wasn't deleted from the map recently, but word spread via twitter and later news outlets after the forum of Palestinian journalists released a statement slamming Google.


"....is part of the Israeli scheme to establish its name as a legitimate state for generations to come and abolish Palestine once and for all.

The move is also designed to falsify history, geography as well as the Palestinian people’s right to their homeland, and a failed attempt to tamper with the memory of Palestinians and Arabs as well as the world.”

A spokeswoman for Google 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.”