An Australian stationary retailer has come under fire due to the labelling of Palestine on one of their world globes whilst omitting to label Israel. Stationary chain Typo erroneously left out Israel from its map, sparking a huge protest by Israeli groups accusing the retailer of being anti-semitic. Upon realising the error Typo halted production of the globes. Theguardian.com reports: The decision to halt production of the globes led to similar threats by Palestine advocates. Issues with the original design were first pointed out on 21 January by a flurry of customers on the store’s Facebook page, including one who asked why Typo was selling a globe “that has wiped Israel from the face of the earth”. Typo said in response the design – a Mercator projection from around 1860 – was “an official map from an international body that has been approved for export” and Israel’s label had been omitted “purely because there wasn’t enough space to include the name”. Two hours later the chain said it had “decided to remove the globes from sale in-store and online and will halt all future production”. This decision in turn drew complaints from supporters of Palestine, who have peppered the store’s social [...]