Jerusalem stateless – Now that’s a ‘smart phone’

iPhone’s iOS6 considers Jerusalem stateless
27 September, 2012 – Al Akhbar

Apple iPhone’s widely-anticipated operating system, iOS6, does not label Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and instead lists the city as a stateless one.

A non-Israeli Jerusalem represents a shift from previous iPhone operating systems, and is found on the phone’s Apple Maps and World Clock functions. It abides by Jerusalem’s legal status under international law.

The United Nations rules that the highly religious city be under the aegis of the United Nations Trusteeship Council, a body sanctioned to manage non self-governing territories. A General Assembly resolution adopted in 1980 determined Israeli imposition of laws, jurisdiction, and administration on the city to be illegal and therefore null and void, and called on all states to transfer diplomatic missions out of the city. The assembly renewed the resolution in December 2000. …more