Twitterati outraged after Google reportedly removes Palestine from Maps
American tech corp. faces bashing from all around the world after it removed Palestine from Maps app
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Twitter users expressed their infuriation over technology giant Google after it removed Palestine from its maps application and replaced it with Israel.
The move was also condemned by Palestinan Journalist’s Front, which stated that the move was an attempt by the “Israeli scheme to establish its name as a legitimate state”.
Read: Google faces criticism for removing Palestine from maps application
Below are some tweets in which Twitterati denounced Google s action of removing Palestine from its maps application:
RACİST GOOGLE @google
— Muhammed Enes Kılınç (@kilincmeness) August 9, 2016
Where is palestine #PalestineIsHere pic.twitter.com/Bi2sKuBX3l
It s disgusting to see that Google removed #Palestine from the world map. What the heck is going on? pic.twitter.com/63tYQ3YXTl
— Raheen Fatimah Khan (@RaheenFKhan) August 9, 2016
Removing #Palestine from the map doesn t mean it ceases to exist. #PalestineIsHere pic.twitter.com/uQfIDcJOka
— Talbia Akbar Khan (@talbiaakbar) August 9, 2016
so google completely removed palestine from google maps. I love how normalized erasure and stealing land is in 2016 pic.twitter.com/nS5E95p4D1
— anne from accounting (@dearmrchrist) August 6, 2016
Dear @google
— A (@TyseerIbrahim) August 6, 2016
Map of #Palestine
was, is and will be pic.twitter.com/25c0ot0R9n
Damn @Google where #Palestine at? #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/ItY0N9LskC
— Tory Russell (@VanguardTNT) August 7, 2016