Google recognized Palestine

Something new is happening in international law - if previously only other states had the right to recognition of states, now Google has the same right. In fact, the company simply changed the “Google Palestinian Territories” logo on “Google Palestine” on its search page for Palestine, writes The Verge, but this was a whole international incident.

A spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Minister said: "This change raises questions about the reasons for this surprising intervention in the principle of a private Internet company in international politics."
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As is known, both Israel and the United States oppose recognition of Palestine’s independence, however Google stated that they had consulted with a number of sources and decided to follow the principles of naming the UN, ICANN, ISO and other international organizations.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s adviser, on the other hand, said: "This is a step in the right direction, a timely step that encourages others to join it and assign the correct definition and name to Palestine instead of the Palestinian Territories."

In November last year, the United Nations granted Palestine the status of an observer state to the UN (before that, it had just observer status). 138 countries voted for this decision, 41 abstained, and 9 voted against. Among the latter were Israel with the United States.

Google noted that they would change the name "Palestinian Territories" to "Palestine" not only on the search page, but also in all their products.