Google is temporarily disabling live traffic conditions on its mapping service apps, Google Maps and Waze, in Israel, the tech company confirmed Monday, as the country prepares for a potential ...

In terms of Google Map detail, Israel trails behind much of the rest of the modern world — maps have been available in America, Europe and parts of Asia for the past few years.

Both Google Maps and Waze have, for the time being, disabled traffic alerts and data in parts of Israel. The change removes Google Maps’ live traffic data, and also turns off features in Waze.

The country name "Israel" does not appear on online maps on the Chinese search engine Baidu or the Alibaba-backed maps app Amap, though surrounding countries' names are clearly shown.

Image by Google Maps Indeed, nowhere in Israel are Hebrew place names displayed — not even in globally-recognized cities like Tel Aviv, let alone Jerusalem or areas in the West Bank.

Yes, Google Maps in Israel was in English and now is in Hebrew. Here are pictures: Do keep in mind, embedding maps, maps on mobile devices or via the API for Israel show basically nothing due to ...

In June 2024, a claim circulated online that Google had "removed" Palestine from Google Maps: This X post (archived) had gained 252,300 views as of this writing. "Google, #PutPalestineBack on the ...

Google is temporarily disabling live traffic conditions on its mapping service apps, Google Maps and Waze, in Israel, the tech company confirmed Monday, as the country prepares for a potential ...

On the Google Maps app, however, regardless of the user’s location in the country, they won’t be able to access live traffic data. Other reports also point out that Israel is blocking off or ...