How come Google removed Pallywood from the map?
on August 14, 2016
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Pallywood is the cottage industry of Palestinians and Palestinian supporters who concoct facts in order to start viral anti-Israel narratives, such as the false claim that Israel opened dam gates to flood Gaza, and a myriad of other false claims. Pallywood is an important part of the propaganda war on Israel.
Recently, there were claims and internet fury that Google had "removed Palestine" from the map.
The claim started at least as far back as January 2016, but didn't pick up steam until recently, when the accusation was spread far and wide.
It appears to have started with the Palestine Journalists Forum, as reported by Middle East Monitor, in a column shared over 25,000 times on Facebook, Google slammed for removing Palestine from its maps:
