iPhone users noticed a Palestinian flag emoji is being suggested when users type "Jerusalem."
Apple has been criticised after the Palestinian flag emoji was automatically suggested to iPhone users who type "Jerusalem."
The status of Jerusalem is one of the thorniest disputes in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Israel sees the whole of Jerusalem as its eternal, undivided capital, while Palestinians claim the eastern part as the capital of their hoped-for future state.
East Jerusalem, along with the West Bank and Gaza Strip, were captured by Israel from Jordan and Egypt in a war in 1967, and have since been viewed internationally as occupied Palestinian territory.
Last year rival tech giant Meta had to apologise after a bug resulted in it adding "Terrorist" to the biographies of some Instagram users describing themselves as Palestinian.
Meta sorry for Palestinian 'terrorist' bio error.
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