In January we mentioned a global Monopoly board game where you could vote on which cities you want on Hasbro's latest version of the popular board game, Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. Fun, right? Well, not for some. Hasbro recently removed the country name "Israel" after "Jerusalem" when it received complaints from pro-Palestinian groups. And then, you guessed it, Hasbro received even more heat from people online who noticed the only city without a country was Jerusalem.
Hasbro has now pulled all country names from the site. According the Merc:
Hasbro issued an apology today after an employee, responding to complaints from pro-Palestinian groups, eliminated the word "Israel" after the city 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.
As of now, it's anyone's guess what country places like Zagreb, Vilnius, or Chicago call home.
Oh, and you have eight days left to vote for your favorite city to get recognition on the Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. (San Francisco comes in today at #17 as far as the write-in votes go. Let's see that number climb higher, people.)