ZeroHedge Pranked -- Palestine No Longer Exists On Google Maps -- July 20, 2020

Updates

July 21, 2020: this was one big "prank" and apparently ZeroHedge fell for it. This story that "Palestine" was removed from Apple and Google maps was a fake story. Screenshots purporting to be early maps showing "Palestine"were in fact photoshopped. In fact, this hoax has been going back to at least 2018. Here are additional links: 

• Republicworld.com: conspiracy theories think not; 
• The [London] Independent: nope. 
• India Today: nope.
• Google support: joke.

Original Post

 
See ZeroHedge. 

Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan. But no Palestine.

A "generic" search of the same area on Bing maps also does not bring up Palestine.

If one specifically searches for "Palestine" on Bing maps, the typical icon pops up over Palestine which is identified as "Palestine." But a more general search, and Palestine does not show up.