Google customers have reacted with outrage, according to The Guardian [4], following the release of an Android game that invites players to mimic the Israeli army 'dropping bombs' on Gaza.
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Bomb Gaza [6], which is designed for Android phones and tablets, has been downloaded up to 1,000 times since its release on 29 July 2014, according to app store data. Its stated aim is to “drop bombs and avoid killing civilians”.
Seemingly designed to offend, the game reflects the real-life conflict in Gaza in which at least 1,800 Palestinians have been killed. Many comments on the game’s review section express outrage that the game is being given a platform by Google, though some also defended Israeli positions.
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Bomb Gaza is not the only title on the Android store which references
the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. There is also a game
named Gaza Assault: Code Red [7] (with a five star rating) and Iron Dome [8], based on Israel’s controversial US funded missile defence system.
One individual proclaimed:
Utterly shameful. Real people, many of them children, are dying in Gaza. Many of those who haven’t been killed face life with debilitating injuries, bereavement and without homes. Their suffering is as real as yours or mine, and to make light of it like this speaks of your essential failure as a human. Shame on the creators of this game, and those who ‘play’ it. – George Coote
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