Apple is receiving questions and complaints online after some users noticed that the most recent iOS update suggests the Palestinian flag emoji when users type in "Jerusalem." Rachel Riley, a ...

I’ve just upgraded my software to version iOS 17.4.1, and now, when I type the capital of Israel 🇮🇱, Jerusalem, I’m offered the Palestinian flag emoji. 🇵🇸 This didn’t occur on my ...

"[N]ow, when I type the capital of Israel, Jerusalem, I'm offered the Palestinian flag emoji. This didn't occur on my phone immediately before this update," Riley wrote.

The watermelon emoji is among several symbols used as shorthand in the fierce social media debates about the war, but it is more subtle than the Israeli and Palestinian flag emojis and the ...