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Last update - 10:02 22/02/2008 Monopoly voting site drops Israel's name after Jerusalem dispute By The Associated Press Tags: Palestinians, Monopoly  Monopoly, the iconic game of capitalism, has been drawn into the dispute over Jerusalem. Monopoly manufacturer Hasbro Inc. issued an apology Thursday after an employee, responding to complaints from pro-Palestinian groups, eliminated the word Israel after the name of the capital in an online contest to select names for a new Monopoly board game: Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. The company also pulled all country names from other cities on the site when even more people complained because Jerusalem was listed as the only city without a country. The Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based company is asking people to vote at the Monopoly Web site on which cities will be included in the new edition. Until Tuesday, every city on the site listed a country, including Paris, France; Cairo, Egypt and Jerusalem, Israel. Advertisement But an employee based in London decided on her own without consulting senior management to pull Israel from Jerusalem after hearing complaints from pro-Palestinian groups and bloggers who argue that the city is not a part of Israel, Hasbro spokesman Wayne Charness said Thursday. The issue has been a sensitive one for decades: Israel captured the eastern part of Jerusalem - home to Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy sites - in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it. The Palestinians want east Jerusalem to be the capital of a future independent state. Hasbro management was alerted to the change Wednesday when its London office saw a spike in traffic on the site and figured out what happened, Charness said. The company then pulled every country name, so Paris and Cairo also are now listed alone, he said. "It was a bad decision, one that we rectified relatively quickly," he said. This is a game. "We never wanted to enter into any political debate. We apologize to our Monopoly fans." He added that the game, due out in the fall, was never meant to include countries. The countries were added to the Web site to make it easier to vote. Voting in the contest ends February 29 for the Top 20 cities and March 9 for two wild card cities nominated by voters. The top vote-getting city will get the prime Boardwalk spot: as of Thursday, it was Istanbul, Turkey. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Auschwitz gimmick U.K. Tory chief draws fire for calling school visits to Auschwitz a gimmick. 5 Stops in Galilee Rock hares, peach orchards, a taste of the past, and walking the Jesus trail.   1.   Let`s here it now from the leftists and Haaretz 00:07  |  soul bro. 22/02/08   2.   False information 00:31  |  Slibovitz 22/02/08   3.   Pals love to lobby and complain, but don`t stop terror 04:55  |  Richard S 22/02/08   4.   Pals got lotsa probs! 05:11  |  Prison Card 22/02/08   5.   Typical for Britain 05:27  |  Humble Jew 22/02/08   6.   #2 Slibovitz - Acquisition of terrotory by war is inadmissable 05:35  |  Lev Bronstein 22/02/08   7.   they should add the state back 05:43  |  sama 22/02/08   8.   Jerusalem 05:51  |  yuval 22/02/08   9.   Fire the employee! 07:22  |  Sally Forth 22/02/08   10.   No rights to Arabs on Jerusalem. 08:31  |  Jean Van Daem 22/02/08   11.   Lev Davidowitch 09:25  |  JES 22/02/08   12.   Monopoly & Jerusalem 09:33  |  Darrell Asplund 22/02/08   13.   Jerusalem, Palestine 09:37  |  Someday 22/02/08   14.   Another great failure for Israel`s hasbara 10:03  |  Chanalau, Tova 22/02/08   15.   7 10:04  |  Israel 22/02/08   16.   Sama 10:33  |  Abby 22/02/08   17.   lev bronstein 10:33  |  dannyAUSTRALIA 22/02/08   18.   Jan Van Daem 10:38  |  Abby 22/02/08   19.   dropping name is blatant stupidity along with yoram`s claims 10:39  |  sptz 22/02/08   20.   Jerusalem 11:13  |  Tonko the Ozzie 22/02/08   21.   TOVA ( FATIMA) WE NEED LOVE-NOT HATE- REMOVE THE BURKA, BE FREE. 11:29  |  ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU 22/02/08   22.   PALS AND MONOPOLY SAYS IT ALL. DOESN`T IT? 11:50  |  Petra 22/02/08   23.   The facts on the ground says.... 12:06  |  ClickSchmuck 22/02/08   24.   #6 - Lev 12:51  |  Slinovitz 22/02/08   25.   Stop it, please 13:00  |  shaina lion 22/02/08   26.   Only Israel views Jerusalem as its capital 13:26  |  Clickfool 22/02/08   27.   US doesn;t recognize Jerusalem but 13:39  |  Hildar2@aol.com 22/02/08   28.   Soul Bro - Got a problem with that? 13:41  |  Stephen Connor 22/02/08   29.   Sally Forth 13:47  |  Stephen Connor 22/02/08   30.   to the coward czlling himself someday 13:48  |  Hilda 22/02/08   31.   Err, this is a game! 14:30  |  The Judge 22/02/08   32.   Van daem 15:01  |  phil 22/02/08   33.   Mr. Judge - Historically incorrect 15:02  |  Stephen Connor 22/02/08   34.   they should drop Jerusalem 15:27  |  Gilbert 22/02/08   35.   Mr. Lev Bronstein 16:19  |  Boris S. 22/02/08   36.   Correction... 16:25  |  Boris S. 22/02/08   37.   #22 Petra 17:15  |  Benjamina 22/02/08   38.   EURABIA 17:42  |  Jesus 22/02/08   39.   #18; Abby, your right, and it`s the Jews who lived there for 18:21  |  Doc Holliday 22/02/08   40.   FYI the US DOES recognize Jerusalem as Israel`s capital 18:35  |  Gee 22/02/08   41.   #29 The judge 19:24  |  tbora 22/02/08   42.   Hasbro loses out 19:30  |  MichaelF 22/02/08   43.   silly gee 20:16  |  wibism 22/02/08   44.   Zionism dying death of a thousand cuts 20:27  |  Tim 22/02/08   45.   Any chance you`d let me answer Gee # 39 ? 21:01  |  Clickfool 22/02/08   46.   #44 21:15  |  Brill 22/02/08   47.   Clickfool - updatde 21:57  |  wibism 22/02/08   48.   Stephen Connor 22:10  |  Sally Forth 22/02/08   49.   No 10--Jean 23:17  |  Steve 22/02/08   50.   # 48 sally 00:26  |  Axel 23/02/08   51.   GOOD FOR HASBRO! 08:14  |  eric 23/02/08   52.   Axel 09:02  |  Sally Forth 23/02/08   53.   Monopoly 20:49  |  Nancy Kohn 23/02/08

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