Apple and Yahoo have officially updated their weather services to reflect the reality of a unified Jerusalem. This victory belongs to the thousands of people who kept the pressure on these companies until they finally listened. Stay sharp and report any further inaccuracies to our office immediately.
August 23, 2010
Final supporters
The American Israel Action Coalition (AIAC) today instituted a worldwide petition campaign to compel Apple and Yahoo! to reverse their factually incorrect and hurtful anti-Israel division of Jerusalem in their weather forecasts.
AIAC is a non-partisan, non-political, issue-oriented NGO whose purpose is to represent a united voice of the more than 250,000 Americans living in Israel on issues which affect Israel, Israel-U.S. relations, and the Jewish people worldwide.
Apple’s iPhone weather application offers its weather report for “West Jerusalem” and “East Jerusalem”. Yahoo!’s online weather page offers its forecasts for “Jerusalem, Israel” and “Jerusalem, West Bank, Palestine”. Apple’s iPhone weather application information is provided by Yahoo!’s web search engine.
“Apple’s and Yahoo!’s actions are factually incorrect, highly misleading to their users, extremely hurtful to the American Israelis community and smacks of anti-Semitism,” said AIAC Chairman Harvey Schwartz. “Neither Apple nor Yahoo! provide separate weather reports for the East Side and West Side of Manhattan, East and West Los Angeles, or the east end and west end of London,” continued Chairman Schwartz. “Apple and Yahoo! have chosen to do this only to Jerusalem, dividing what is now the undivided capital of Israel. At present, there is simply no official east or west Jerusalem. Nor is there a ‘Jerusalem, West Bank, Palestine.’ The ultimate status of Jerusalem is to be negotiated between the parties. By stating that Jerusalem is currently divided, Apple and Yahoo! are not only factually misleading their users, they are instituting a unilateral attack on Israel’s legitimacy.”
Aaron Tirschwell, AIAC Executive Director, stated that “the American Israeli community feels particularly attacked by these vile actions, since both Apple and Yahoo! are American companies. AIAC is immediately commencing a worldwide petition campaign among all people of good will to advise Apple and Yahoo! of their feelings on this matter.”
SIGN THE PETITION TODAY!!!
Updates
June 21, 2010
We need to hit one thousand signatures before we send this demand to the corporate offices at Apple and Yahoo. Post the link to your Facebook page right now. Text three people and ask them to sign this petition so we reach our target today.
June 17, 2010
The momentum behind this campaign proves that people are tired of tech companies pushing inaccurate maps. Email the offices of Apple and Yahoo to demand they reflect the reality of a unified Jerusalem. Post this link on your Facebook page to ensure they hear our message clearly.
Reached 100 supporters
June 13, 2010
6 Comments
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. End of story. Fix this mistake now.
Just checked my phone and honestly why would they even label it like that? So offensive to so many people.
How long has this been going on?? Unbelievable that they think this is okay.
It is one city. Stop trying to push an agenda where it does not belong. Change it back.
Total nonsense. Jerusalem is not divided. APPLE WAKE UP.
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Apple and Yahoo have officially updated their weather services to reflect the reality of a unified Jerusalem. This victory belongs to the thousands of people who kept the pressure on these companies until they finally listened. Stay sharp and report any further inaccuracies to our office immediately.
August 23, 2010
Final supporters
The American Israel Action Coalition (AIAC) today instituted a worldwide petition campaign to compel Apple and Yahoo! to reverse their factually incorrect and hurtful anti-Israel division of Jerusalem in their weather forecasts.
AIAC is a non-partisan, non-political, issue-oriented NGO whose purpose is to represent a united voice of the more than 250,000 Americans living in Israel on issues which affect Israel, Israel-U.S. relations, and the Jewish people worldwide.
Apple’s iPhone weather application offers its weather report for “West Jerusalem” and “East Jerusalem”. Yahoo!’s online weather page offers its forecasts for “Jerusalem, Israel” and “Jerusalem, West Bank, Palestine”. Apple’s iPhone weather application information is provided by Yahoo!’s web search engine.
“Apple’s and Yahoo!’s actions are factually incorrect, highly misleading to their users, extremely hurtful to the American Israelis community and smacks of anti-Semitism,” said AIAC Chairman Harvey Schwartz. “Neither Apple nor Yahoo! provide separate weather reports for the East Side and West Side of Manhattan, East and West Los Angeles, or the east end and west end of London,” continued Chairman Schwartz. “Apple and Yahoo! have chosen to do this only to Jerusalem, dividing what is now the undivided capital of Israel. At present, there is simply no official east or west Jerusalem. Nor is there a ‘Jerusalem, West Bank, Palestine.’ The ultimate status of Jerusalem is to be negotiated between the parties. By stating that Jerusalem is currently divided, Apple and Yahoo! are not only factually misleading their users, they are instituting a unilateral attack on Israel’s legitimacy.”
Aaron Tirschwell, AIAC Executive Director, stated that “the American Israeli community feels particularly attacked by these vile actions, since both Apple and Yahoo! are American companies. AIAC is immediately commencing a worldwide petition campaign among all people of good will to advise Apple and Yahoo! of their feelings on this matter.”
SIGN THE PETITION TODAY!!!
Updates
June 21, 2010
We need to hit one thousand signatures before we send this demand to the corporate offices at Apple and Yahoo. Post the link to your Facebook page right now. Text three people and ask them to sign this petition so we reach our target today.
June 17, 2010
The momentum behind this campaign proves that people are tired of tech companies pushing inaccurate maps. Email the offices of Apple and Yahoo to demand they reflect the reality of a unified Jerusalem. Post this link on your Facebook page to ensure they hear our message clearly.
Reached 100 supporters
June 13, 2010
6 Comments
Ridiculous to see this. Apple needs to get their facts straight instead of playing politics with geography.
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. End of story. Fix this mistake now.
Just checked my phone and honestly why would they even label it like that? So offensive to so many people.
How long has this been going on?? Unbelievable that they think this is okay.
It is one city. Stop trying to push an agenda where it does not belong. Change it back.
Total nonsense. Jerusalem is not divided. APPLE WAKE UP.
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Ridiculous to see this. Apple needs to get their facts straight instead of playing politics with geography.