its Palestinian search page Google has on 1 May the word “Palestinian territories” in “Palestine” changed and goes so surprising in international politics. The Google spokesman Nathan Tyler told the BBC that Google so that recommendations of the United Nations, the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and other international organizations follows. On 29 November 2012 was the representative of the PLO observer status as a state of Palestine to the United Nations.
Sabri Saydam, adviser to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, praised the renaming as a “step in the right direction.” The Israeli government, however, criticized the action. “This change raises questions about the reasons for this surprising involvement of a private Internet company in international politics.” The Israeli government spokesman said, according to a report from Agence France-Presse. “In addition, Google is not a political or diplomatic entity. Thereby a designation by Google also has no diplomatic or political significance.”
According to the news site ArsTechnica already existed in the past, political entanglements by Google. So there was a problem with the award of the boundaries between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and between Cambodia and Thailand. (ogo)
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