LA Times Corrects Political Party Mix-Up

Israeli politics are complicated at the best of times and only properly understood when the facts are correct.

Which is why we flagged this error in the LA Times:

Avigdor Lieberman’s secular, right-wing party is, of course, Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home).

Jewish Home, known in Hebrew as HaBayit HaYehudi, is the right-wing Modern Orthodox, religious Zionist party headed by current Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.

Thank you to the LA Times for making the simple correction shortly after we notified the media outlet.

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020.

Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias.

Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

LA Times Corrects Political Party Mix-Up

Simon Plosker

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