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#Palestineishere: Twitterati teach Google geography

By K S Aditya RaoFirst Published Aug 9, 2016, 12:45 PM IST

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Google was heavily slammed on Twitter after it removed Palestine from Google Maps and included its territory under Israel last weekend.

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The angry Twitterati retaliated against the IT behemoth with the hashtags "#BoycottGoogle and #PalestineIsHere" after the news went viral on various websites.

Also read: Google removes Palestine from its maps

Here are a few tweets that shamed Google:

@googlemaps a geography lesson: #PalestineIsHere and exists.The 5 million palestinians in Gaza and West Bank are not in Israel #BDSMovement

— Ferran (@ferrangom1973) August 8, 2016

shame on you google it's palestine not isreal 🔥🇮🇱🔥🇮🇱🔥 pic.twitter.com/KJW8EebHnP

— zaheer (@zxheex) August 8, 2016

Dear @googlemaps, Palestine exists! #FreePalestine #PalestineIsHere #BoycottGoogle pic.twitter.com/9cWqziofId

— Ainara (@afraileromero) August 8, 2016

No matter how much you zoom in, can't find Palestine anymore in the google maps. They decided to remove the country, shame! #PalestineIsHere

— George Orfanakis (@G_Orfan) August 8, 2016

WTF @google ? Trying to faking the history huh? #freepalestine #PalestineIsHere pic.twitter.com/mkWtKeRooi

— Valdi Greenwood (@ValdiArief) August 8, 2016

@google @googlemaps WHERE IS #PALESTINE?? Fuck Google. I'll use a different search engine from here on out. #FreePalestine #BoycottGoogle

— Mojo JoJo (@JMillam) August 8, 2016

#Palestineishere: Twitterati teach Google geography

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