Amid an international push for recognition of a Palestinian state, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration removed a “Palestine, state of” option on one of its online forms in response to a JNS query.

A “connect with us” form on the U.S. government space agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center website allows other U.S. agencies, research institutions and the general public to inquire with the Greenbelt, Md.-based center about opportunities for partnership and collaboration.

The NASA contact form no longer includes an option to select the state of “Palestine” from a drop-down menu.

“Thank you for bringing this to my attention. This option and any similar features have been removed from NASA websites,” Bethany Stevens, NASA’s press secretary, told JNS.

Stevens was formerly press

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