Verizon refuses to acknowledge Israel's existence

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A letter I just sent:

Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:36:55 -0500
From: Patti Niehoff
Subject: Israel is a country
To: James.Gerace@VerizonWireless.com, Jeffrey.Nelson@VerizonWireless.com,
Debra.Lewis@VerizonWireless.com

Believe it or not, folks, Israel has been a country since 1948. “Palestine” has never been a country. Why do you side with terrorists and list “Palestine” and not Israel on your web-page http://vtext.rsgo.net/vtext/txtintl.jsp ?

I’ve been a Verizon customer for over a year now (XXX-XXX-XXXX) and have gotten family accounts for my husband and son. I use my Verizon phone often to call Israel, which you think does not exist.

If you refuse to correct this, I will be forced to find another cell-phone provider.

And yes, I will be letting every reader on my blog know about your support of nonexistent nations, and refusal to acknowledge actual nations.

Sincerely,

Patricia Niehoff
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Got the heads-up on this from Judith over at Kesher Talk.

5 thoughts on “Verizon refuses to acknowledge Israel's existence”

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  2. where did you hear verizon doesnt accept israel?

    why would htey have a roaming agreement in israel then?

    but yeah the head of a verizon, a hard core jew,. so i dont think this is true, but i wish it was .

  3. I found the information over at Kesher Talk — the link’s in the post above. At least, they’re fixing it now.

  4. This is still true. look at vtext.com to see international calling options…. Israel is STILL NOT LISTED.

  5. It’s changed now to Palestinian Authority, but still no Israel. Maybe those talkative Israelis are just not into text messaging.

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