Looks like Google gave in. From a Norwegian IP The Name is there.

Get a clue Sergey.  This has to do w/the identity of a civilization several thousands of years old, and all its millions of inhabitants.  Why don't we just call you Gary and say you came from Thailand if its enough for you that the people who know you, know exactly who you are. Should you decry it, well you'll just be making a big deal out of nothing   You for one are part of the uneducated not to mention unenglighte d, because the dirty arab oil $$ is exactly why Google DOES care, and enough to deny the identity of a region.  

small mind - small idea

it is intentional, MORON!

it is all part of the great conspiracy

sh eesh

these American are stupid,they dont know geography ,they are mad and that is why they dont know where the Persian Gulf is.we have tell them Persian Gulf from top Iran and down is some small countries.

As far as i read in school & university always it was Persian Gulf ,and it is Persian Gulf and it will be for ever " PERSIAN GULF ".

et wrote in #7Giant Robo wrote in #7QUOTE:------------ -------------------- --------------LDR_ON E wrote in #3....blah blah... Rant and rave and talk about a world "without America" and then go back to your daily lives that are facilitated and enabled by American products, technologies and innovations. (I wonder how many anti-USA people here are running Intel chips in the computers they use to post their sentiments)-- -------------------- -------------------- ----end quoteLOL silly LDR.... Intel chips are made in the Philippines. Typical of America, always taking credit for things they didn't do...and when they do some thing they say that ALQUADE or the afghanis  has done it , , , , rememververy funnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyythat is who WE are.

uh, who pulls the strings of the US?

duuh!

look, US americans are gone, you can't save us, we will kill you all, being brainwashed to the point of psychosis, so SAVE YOURSELVES

NU KE US NOW!!!

Goggle it self is not important , just a site!
it is led by us gov.
in us there are a few independent companies

As of today,the Persian Gulf will be known as the Google Gulf !!  Or the Gulf of Israel. Gulf of  camel jockeys, Gulf of Homer Simpson.The Persian Gulf, surely not?

Understandable...
I would hazard a guess that some people across the atlantic are making it look more and more like the American Gulf, what with all the soldiers and battleships they're keep putting out there.