On Google earth, Palestinians labelled a town north of Haifa, Kiryat Yam, as being the site of an Arab village whose residents were forced to leave in ’48. The Israeli town is threatening all sorts of action, saying there were only sand dunes here till Holocaust survivors arrived. Google has so far stood by the Palestinians’ right to post information about the place. And how interesting that the Associated Press has used the words "were expelled" (in addition to the usual "fled" of course) to describe the movement of Arabs in ’48. Progress.
