Chinese companies have reportedly removed Israel’s name from their online maps.
Israel continues to pound Hamas terrorists in the aftermath of a massive terrorist attack that killed approximately 1,400 people, including dozens of Americans, and took hundreds more hostage.
Following the attack, Israel launched a massive air campaign against Hamas in Gaza, in addition to strikes in Lebanon and Syria. With a massive ground invasion seemingly on the horizon, there are grave concerns that a regional war will erupt if Iran and or its proxy forces attempt to intervene against Israel.
As people in the Middle East hope that the terrorists are defeated and that a much larger conflict does not break out, Chinese corporations have already made the decision to remove all references to the country from maps.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on Monday that the tech giants, Baidu and Alibaba show Israel’s borders and cities on their digital maps available online, but they dropped the name “Israel.”
“Baidu’s Chinese language online maps demarcate the internationally recognized borders of Israel, as well as the Palestinian territories, plus key cities, but don’t clearly identify the country by name,” wrote the Journal.
The report comes as Beijing said it will work with the international community to help end the ongoing Israeli violence in the Gaza Strip.
The Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement that Beijing “always stands on the side of fairness and justice, condemns and opposes all moves that harm civilians and violate international law.”
Israel has been dropping bombs on the Gaza Strip since the regime was caught off guard by the resistance movement Hamas’ Operation Al-Aqsa Storm on October 7.
In addition, the regime has cut off fuel, electricity, food, and water to over two million Palestinians living in the coastal territory. Since then, Israeli forces have killed over 8,500 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
