(Los Angeles Times) Emily Alpert - Google has switched the tagline on its Palestinian website, replacing the words "Palestinian territories" with "Palestine" in both English and Arabic. Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said the company was following the lead of the UN, the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, and the International Organization for Standardization. Israel Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor told AFP, "This change raises questions about the reasons behind this surprising involvement of what is basically a private Internet company in international politics."
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