Fact Check: Was Gaza Removed From Google Maps? – World

The problem of Occupied Palestine has been going on for many years, the eyes of non-Muslim countries including Muslim countries have been fixed on this country because Israel is using all its brutality and power on the oppressed Palestinians in every way, even the name of Palestine. has also been erased from the world map and now only Gaza remains in its place.

But now a news is going viral on social media that Google has also removed Gaza from its maps.

On various social media platforms, the news of erasing the existence of Palestine/Gaza from the world map of the world’s largest search engine ‘Google’ is circulating.

But when the fact was checked in this regard, the reality turned out to be the opposite, while Google has also denied this claim in its statement.

He said that a search for “Palestine” on Google Maps would show a map of the area labeled as the West Bank and Gaza Strip because there is no clear consensus among international bodies on its territories.

A Google spokesperson also said that Google is committed to objectively displaying disputed areas on its maps, which it does by consulting data from global cartographic authorities and showing any disputed borders as a dashed gray line.

He added that the name ‘Palestine’ on maps is usually associated with historical Palestine before the establishment of the Israeli state.

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2024-07-17 04:00:37

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