Some Apple users were disgruntled this week when they discovered that typing the word “Jerusalem” into their iPhones brought up a Palestinian flag emoji, according to USA Today. British presenter Rachel Riley took to X on Tuesday to voice her frustration at the predictive text result, saying that the new iOS 17.4.1 software didn’t offer the national flags for other cities around the world. “Showing double standards with respect to Israel is a form of antisemitism,” she wrote. Apple called the issue a “bug” and said it would be fixed in the next iOS update. Both Palestine and Israel have made historical claims to the city. Israel annexed the eastern half of the city from Jordan’s control in 1967, beginning a series of settlements and denying the Palestinians there Israeli citizenship. As such, Jerusalem has not officially been recognized as Israel’s capital by the international community. In 2017, former President Donald Trump broke with decades of U.S. neutrality on the issue, declaring Jerusalem Israel’s capital.
