[mirzap]

Those towns and villages will be rebuilt after the war. This is not excuse for what Apple did, it is justification for ethnic cleansing and occupation. Same as with Gaza City. It existed for 3500 years, it will be rebuilt and it will outlive the US/Israel for sure.

[threethirtytwo]

How is removing a city from a map a some sort of sign that apple did it for malicious reasons?

[mirzap]

Given the context, how it is not? These are not some random place on the map that have disappeared.

[bigyabai]

I'm sure Apple doesn't see it as malicious, and that's precisely the issue. Apple's political grandstanding has forced them into awkward and contradictory positions.