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==Pro-Israeli apps== | ==Pro-Israeli apps== | ||
''Bomb Gaza'' was an app released on 29 July 2014 and was downloaded between 500 and 1,000 times before being removed for Google Play on 4 August.<ref name=independent>{{cite news|last1=Withnall|first1=Adam|title='Bomb Gaza': Users call on Google Play to remove game that lets users carry out Israeli air strikes on Palestinians|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bomb-gaza-users-call-on-google-play-to-remove-game-that-lets-users-carry-out-israeli-air-strikes-on-palestinians-9647579.html|accessdate=9 August 2014|work=[[The Independent]]|date=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043450/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bomb-gaza-users-call-on-google-play-to-remove-game-that-lets-users-carry-out-israeli-air-strikes-on-palestinians-9647579.html|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Its logo was an F16 fighter jet, as used by the [[Israeli Defense Forces]], and its description was to "drop bombs and avoid killing civilians".<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|last1=Sparkes|first1=Matthew|title=Bomb Gaza: the 'disgusting' games on Google's app store|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11011366/Bomb-Gaza-the-disgusting-games-on-Googles-app-store.html|accessdate=9 August 2014|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809104629/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11011366/Bomb-Gaza-the-disgusting-games-on-Googles-app-store.html|archive-date=9 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The app's maturity setting was set at low, which made it available to younger users.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Parkinson|first1=Hannah Jane|title=Google removes 'Bomb Gaza' mobile game from online app store|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/04/gaza-bomb-israel-conflict-game-available-download-google-play-android|accessdate=10 August 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810230233/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/04/gaza-bomb-israel-conflict-game-available-download-google-play-android|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''Bomb Gaza'' was also playable on [[Facebook]] before being removed by 5 August.<ref name=bbc/> The site retains a page which describes the game as "very addictive and fun".<ref name=bbc2/> | ''Bomb Gaza'' was an app released on 29 July 2014 and was downloaded between 500 and 1,000 times before being removed for Google Play on 4 August.<ref name=independent>{{cite news|last1=Withnall|first1=Adam|title='Bomb Gaza': Users call on Google Play to remove game that lets users carry out Israeli air strikes on Palestinians|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bomb-gaza-users-call-on-google-play-to-remove-game-that-lets-users-carry-out-israeli-air-strikes-on-palestinians-9647579.html|accessdate=9 August 2014|work=[[The Independent]]|date=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043450/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bomb-gaza-users-call-on-google-play-to-remove-game-that-lets-users-carry-out-israeli-air-strikes-on-palestinians-9647579.html|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Its logo was an F16 fighter jet, as used by the [[Israeli Defense Forces]], and its description was to "drop bombs and avoid killing civilians".<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|last1=Sparkes|first1=Matthew|title=Bomb Gaza: the 'disgusting' games on Google's app store|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11011366/Bomb-Gaza-the-disgusting-games-on-Googles-app-store.html|accessdate=9 August 2014|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809104629/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11011366/Bomb-Gaza-the-disgusting-games-on-Googles-app-store.html|archive-date=9 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The app's maturity setting was set at low, which made it available to younger users.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Parkinson|first1=Hannah Jane|title=Google removes 'Bomb Gaza' mobile game from online app store|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/04/gaza-bomb-israel-conflict-game-available-download-google-play-android|accessdate=10 August 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=4 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810230233/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/04/gaza-bomb-israel-conflict-game-available-download-google-play-android|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''Bomb Gaza'' was also playable on [[Facebook]] before being removed by 5 August.<ref name=bbc/> The site retains a page which describes the game as "very addictive and fun".<ref name=bbc2/> | ||
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==Pro-Palestinian apps== | ==Pro-Palestinian apps== | ||
''Rocket Pride'' was developed by Best Arabic Games. Its description is "supporting heroes besieged in the Gaza Strip from an oppressive occupier" by "controlling the resistance missiles and hitting the objectives assigned to them" through outmanoeuvring the Iron Dome.<ref name=bbc/> The game was removed from Google Play on 5 August.<ref name=bbc2>{{cite news|title=Google pulls more Gaza-Israel games from Android store|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28668325|accessdate=10 August 2014|work=[[BBC News]]|date=5 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807224015/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28668325|archive-date=7 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ''Rocket Pride'' was developed by Best Arabic Games. Its description is "supporting heroes besieged in the Gaza Strip from an oppressive occupier" by "controlling the resistance missiles and hitting the objectives assigned to them" through outmanoeuvring the Iron Dome.<ref name=bbc/> The game was removed from Google Play on 5 August.<ref name=bbc2>{{cite news|title=Google pulls more Gaza-Israel games from Android store|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28668325|accessdate=10 August 2014|work=[[BBC News]]|date=5 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807224015/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28668325|archive-date=7 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||