Browsing Tag Western Wall

Temple Mount 101

Time for some Temple Mount 101. The Temple Mount — the site of the first and second Jewish Temples — is Judaism’s holiest site. Full stop. The Western Wall, a retaining wall built around...

November 24, 2011 14:16 By : 3 Comments

Guardian Deliberately Fails to Correct Error

Only yesterday, I caught Guardian correspondent Harriet Sherwood in yet another of her misguided and erroneous descriptions of the Western Wall as “the holiest site in Judaism”, while promoting...

August 25, 2011 10:52 By : 2 Comments

Guardian’s Israel Correspondent Still Clueless

Harriet Sherwood The Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood just keeps demonstrating her gross ignorance of the region that she is meant to be covering. In May we caught her mistakenly claiming that Israel’s...

August 24, 2011 10:33 By : 3 Comments

Fix It Fox!

Even the most well-meaning of journalists can get confused by the Arab-Israeli conflict’s complexities and historical details. A case in point is Fox News’ Leland Vittert.

May 25, 2011 14:51 By : 4 Comments

Travel Palestine Ad: Watchdog Rules Against

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has finally issued its ruling on a Palestinian tourism ad that erased Israel from the map.

March 16, 2011 15:07 By : 1 Comment

“Travel Palestine” Tourism Ad Erases Israel

Since when were tourists able to visit Jerusalem in a state of Palestine stretching from the Med to the River Jordan?

January 11, 2011 10:21 By : 11 Comments

Dejudaising Jerusalem: Guardian Helps Promote Palestinian Lies

Does The Guardian buy into Palestinian claims that Israel and the Jewish people have no spiritual or historical connection to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount?

December 9, 2010 16:57 By : 1 Comment

Video: Is the Western Wall in Israel? – HR Interviews ‘Confused’ Tourists

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority said implying that the Western Wall is in Israel is misleading. HonestReporting goes on-site to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx investigate…

April 21, 2010 22:00 By : Leave a Comment

UK Bans Western Wall from Israel Tourism Ads

The Advertising Standards Authority rules that an Israeli ad breaches rules on truthfulness.

April 14, 2010 22:00 By : 1 Comment

BBC: Denying Jewish Jerusalem

The BBC’s flagship documentary distorts Jewish history and rights to Jerusalem while promoting a one-sided and biased agenda.

January 19, 2010 22:00 By : Leave a Comment