These are the gmail ads presented to me upon receiving an email with the subject “Nazi Israel.” The text of the email contained no mention of Germany.
Adwords for "Nazi Israel"
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It seems like Google would have special rules for dealing with “touchy” keywords, no? I’d guess that German language Google Ads would be less likely to make this mistake, since there should be less correlation between “Nazi” and “Deutschland”
Interesting too that you got nothing related to “Israel”. Even if “Germany” is a more expensive keyword, you’d think that Google would want to hedge their bets on what te actual topic of the email was, and provide a mixture of ads.