Google maps has done this forever. A good chunk of countries have disputed territories, and never in human history there has been a "universal" map that everybody agrees on.
replySure, but I'm in the US, which is not a party to the conflict between Israel and Lebanon. To my knowledge the US continues to recognize Lebanon as a sovereign country.
replyNot a party to the conflict? Are you joking? Don’t focus on what the US says. Focus on what it does.
replyYea, that user made the most ridiculous statement.
replyI think the Onion did a piece saying something like "Netanyahu dead, Trump must go back to being the only president of the United States", and while satire, is a bit enlightening of the actual situation here.
So does Israel, it’s not even a war with Lebanon it’s just happening there but the Lebanese government and armed are not participating in it
replyWhat's a little occupied, extra-territorial buffer zone between respectful neighbors? Nothing says "I respect your sovereignty" more leveling all buildings to the ground. Golan now, there's nothing to see here.
replyThey hardly have electricity so there's nobody to fight back really. The international community left them to die after that big explosion and the country has been scraping by ever since.
replyThis isn't happening on Google Maps though is it? We're just talking about Apple Maps here.
reply> I'm in the US, which is not a party to the conflict between Israel and Lebanon.
replyOh honey…
We had to build a very expensive and risky pier to get aid into to Gaza instead of just sending it through our ally Israel to be delivered over the ground. There's something different than a normal ally relationship.
replyA very expensive and risky pier that still just delivered the aid to an IDF base inside Gaza and not to Gazans (or aid orgs) directly. Based on a plan from an Israeli think tank...
replyBlame the Israeli public for not wanting to feed their enemy.
replyI think part of the weird disbelief on my part is the speed with which those changes are submitted and implemented. I don't recall things changing that fast with disputed territories in Ukraine/Russia conflict.
replyi wouldn’t consider it very disputed, the only country “disputing” who it belongs to is israel. all other countries agree that area belongs to lebanon.
replyUS government demanded it, not requested it
replyYeah, that was another one of the constant mask-off moments. The Party of Free Speech hates free speech.
replyAssociated Press was even banned from the White House for calling it the Gulf of Mexico: https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/announcements/ap-st...
reply> I'm not sure why they would do this for US users unless the US government requested it.
replyBecause the US govt. is petty and vindictive at the moment.
> Because the US govt. is petty and vindictive at the moment.
replyAnd has been for many, many years.