Google reinstates app that helps boycott Israel-linked companies

Google has reinstated a popular mobile phone app designed to help people boycott companies linked to Israel, days after it was removed from its Play Store. 

The No Thanks app allows users to scan the barcodes of products or enter their name to find out if the item is linked to Israel.

According to developers, the app was removed because a sentence in the description read: "Welcome to No Thanks, here you can see if the product in your hand supports killing children in Palestine or not."

On 3 December, Google reinstated the app to its Play Store with a new description reading: "Our app simplifies the process of scanning barcodes and searching for products that are listed for the boycott movement."

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