Google edition adopts 'Palestine'

[BDforever]

Internet giant Google has changed the tagline on the homepage of its Palestinian edition from "Palestinian Territories" to "Palestine".

The change, introduced on 1 May, means google.ps now displays "Palestine" in Arabic and English under Google's logo.

Using the word Palestine is controversial for some. Israeli policy is that the borders of a Palestinian state are yet to be agreed.

In November, the UN gave Palestine the status of "non-member observer state".

The decision by the General Assembly was strongly opposed by Israel and the United States. Previously, Palestine only had "observer entity" status.

It followed an unsuccessful Palestinian bid to join the international body as a full member state in 2011 because of a lack of support in the UN Security Council.

Palestinians in general seek recognition for the state they are trying to establish and the adoption of the name Palestine.

Israel considers any formal use of the word Palestine as pre-judging the outcome of currently stalled peace talks. In much of Israel's official terminology the West Bank is referred to as Judea and Samaria.
'Right direction'

In a statement given to the BBC on Friday, Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said: "We're changing the name 'Palestinian Territories' to 'Palestine' across our products. We consult a number of sources and authorities when naming countries.

"In this case, we are following the lead of the UN, Icann [the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers], ISO [International Organisation for Standardisation] and other international organisations."

The Palestinian Authority (PA) welcomed Google's decision.

"This is a step in the right direction, a timely step and one that encourages others to join in and give the right definition and name for Palestine instead of Palestinian territories," Dr Sabri Saidam, advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, told the BBC.

"Most of the traffic that happens now happens in the virtual world and this means putting Palestine on the virtual map as well as on the geographic maps," he added.

Dr Saidam said that since the UN vote on 29 November, the PA had written to international companies, including Google, asking them to replace their usage of "Palestinian Territories" with "Palestine".

source: BBC News - Google edition adopts 'Palestine'

 

[Falcon29]

Israel says Google 'Palestine' page damages prospects for peace | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Israeli officials have reacted sternly to Google's decision last week to change the label on its home page in the occupied territories from "Palestinian territories" to "Palestine".

The deputy Israeli foreign minister, Zeev Elkin, said the move to recognize Palestine would backfire.

"I think that the Google decision from the last few days is very, very problematic," Elkin told Israel's Army Radio, according to Reuters. "When a company like Google comes along and supports this line, it actually pushes peace further away, pushes away negotiations, and creates among the Palestinian leadership the illusion that in this manner they can achieve the result.

"Without direct negotiation with us, nothing will happen."

The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, through a spokesman, welcomed Google's move, calling it a "victory for Palestine and a step toward its liberation".

Google "put Palestine on the Internet map, making it a geographical reality," an Abbas advisor, Sabri Saidam, told the official news agency WAFA.

Elkin's comments echoed Israel's reaction to the UN decision last November to elevate Palestine to the status of nonmember observer state. Israel's UN ambassador, Ron Prosor, said at the time that the move "doesn't pursue peace. It pushes it backwards."

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Just when you thought it couldn't get any better.....

 

[RFS_Br]

Israel says Google 'Palestine' page damages prospects for peace | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Israel is turning into a joke - a parody of itself.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Damaging the prospect of peace? A Google country-name can do such thing?

 

[Vinod2070]

And to think that Google founders are Jewish.

Some sort of Zionist conspiracy?

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

And to think that Google founders are Jewish.

Some sort of Zionist conspiracy?

Not at all. Why do we have to misinterpret a good initiative like this? :/

 

[500]

And to think that Google founders are Jewish.

Some sort of Zionist conspiracy?

Palestine itself is also a Jewish name that has absolutely nothing to do with the Arabs. Arabs dont have even a letter "P" in their alphabet.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Palestine itself is also a Jewish name that has absolutely nothing to do with the Arabs. Arabs dont have even a letter "P" in their alphabet.

It's called in Arabic Falesteen. So Jordan is an Arab country although we don't have the letter "J" in Arabic, it's called Al-Ordon.

Palestine itself is also a Jewish name that has absolutely nothing to do with the Arabs. Arabs dont have even a letter "P" in their alphabet.

The term Peleset (transliterated from hieroglyphs as P-r-s-t) is found in numerous Egyptian documents referring to a neighboring people or land starting from c.1150 BCE during the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. The first mention is thought to be in texts of the temple at Medinet Habu which record a people called the Peleset among the Sea Peoples who invaded Egypt in Ramesses III's reign.[1] The Assyrians called the same region Palashtu or Pilistu, beginning with Adad-nirari III in the Nimrud Slab in c.800 BCE through to emperor Sargon II in his Annals approximately a century later.[2][3][4] Neither the Egyptian or Assyrian sources provided clear regional boundaries for the term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_name_Palestine

 

[500]

It's called in Arabic Falesteen. So Jordan is an Arab country although we don't have the letter "J" in Arabic, it's called Al-Ordon.

Falesteen is not Arabic word, its merely an adaptation of Latin Paleastina which is an adaptation of Hebrew Peleshet.

Hebrew is only language where this word has meaning.

The term Peleset (transliterated from hieroglyphs as P-r-s-t) is found in numerous Egyptian documents referring to a neighboring people or land starting from c.1150 BCE during the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt.

Its PRST and its different region overall.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Falesteen is not Arabic word, its merely an adaptation of Latin Paleastina which is an adaptation of Hebrew Peleshet.

Hebrew is only language where this word has meaning.


Its PRST and its different region overall.

The term Peleset (transliterated from hieroglyphs as P-r-s-t) is found in numerous Egyptian documents referring to a neighboring people or land starting from c.1150 BCE during the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. The first mention is thought to be in texts of the temple at Medinet Habu which record a people called the Peleset among the Sea Peoples who invaded Egypt in Ramesses III's reign.[1] The Assyrians called the same region Palashtu or Pilistu, beginning with Adad-nirari III in the Nimrud Slab in c.800 BCE through to emperor Sargon II in his Annals approximately a century later.[2][3][4] Neither the Egyptian or Assyrian sources provided clear regional boundaries for the term.

Timeline of the name "Palestine" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/middle...e-edition-adopts-palestine.html#ixzz2T1yNkqvB

 

[Icewolf]

Falesteen is not Arabic word, its merely an adaptation of Latin Paleastina which is an adaptation of Hebrew Peleshet.

Palestine was the name of the region which the Romans put because a guy named Palestina was Jews worst enemy, and Roman Empire made a mockery out of you guys

 

[500]

Palestine was the name of the region which the Romans put because a guy named Palestina was Jews worst enemy, and Roman Empire made a mockery out of you guys

There was no guy names Palestina. Palestinians were a Pagan Greek nation that was defeated by the Jews though.

The term Peleset (transliterated from hieroglyphs as P-r-s-t) is found in numerous Egyptian documents referring to a neighboring people or land starting from c.1150 BCE

As I said, PRST is different name and different region. PRST settled in Egypt, PLST settled in Gaza.

 

[Controlled Pair]

The so-called 'palestinians' are existing only in virtual reality.

 

[Icewolf]

There was no guy names Palestina. Palestinians were a Pagan Greek nation that was defeated by the Jews though.

Yeah, and you guys defeated Babylonia as well

 

[DRaisinHerald]

It's called in Arabic Falesteen. So Jordan is an Arab country although we don't have the letter "J" in Arabic, it's called Al-Ordon.

So where do you go when you die? Annah?