Google Earth Rewrites History

The more we know the more, the more we know Google is a dangerous company.

Google Earth: A New Platform for Anti-Israel Propaganda and Replacement Geography by  Andre Oboler

• Virtual Israel, as represented by Google Earth, is littered with orange dots, many of which claim to represent "Palestinian localities evacuated and destroyed after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war." Thus, Israel is depicted as a state born out of colonial conquest rather than the return of a people from exile. Each dot links to the "Palestine Remembered" site, where further information advancing this narrative can be obtained.

• Many of the claims staked out in Google Earth present misinformation, and sites known to be ruins in 1946 are claimed to be villages destroyed in 1948. Arab villages which still exist today are listed as sites of destruction. The Google Earth initiative is not only creating a virtual Palestine, it is creating a falsification of history.

• The concept of "replacement geography" replaces the historical connection of one people to the land with a connection between another people and the land. The inclusion of virtual Palestine, superimposed on Israel in the core layer of Google Earth, is an example of replacement geography advanced by technology.

• Those wishing to explore Israel in Google Earth are immediately taken to a politically motivated narrative unrelated to their quest. Google should remove the narrative and treat Israel as it treats every other country on the globe. The core layer of Google Earth should be ideology free and not serve as a platform for indoctrination or a campaign to wipe Israel off the virtual map.

Comments

[Ben-Yehudah]

B"H

Of course, Arabs have NEVER founded any new town in Israel, save for Ramle.

Everything was founded by Jews, Roman, and Turks.

For example, Nablus is a distortion of Napolis or Neopolis, which covers up Shchem's true identity.

Bitin stands on or next to the original Beth El.

Anyone who reads the Bible knows the history of Beth Lehem, Hevron, Jericho, etc. Arab? I think not.