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Simon Plosker

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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.
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Virtual Unreality for The Guardian

The Guardian reports on a virtual reality exhibit, twisting reality, calling Israel’s security barrier a wall and quoting a plug for a one-state solution.

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Washington Post Errs on Palestinian Refugees

Washington Post writer Ishaan Tharoor erroneously states that descendants of all refugees and not only Palestinians are conferred that status by UN bodies.

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The Sun Sets on Tel Aviv

HonestReporting gets The Sun to remove a claim that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital city.

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Travel Review Takes a Wrong Turn

Michelle Jackson makes a throwaway comment in a travel review claiming South African apartheid is “still happening in parts of the world such as Palestine.”

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Not in The National Interest

An article in The National Interest references Tel Aviv no fewer than six times, falsely implying that it is Israel’s capital rather than Jerusalem.

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Lessons Learned on South African Limmud Tour

HonestReporting Managing Editor Simon Plosker was a guest international speaker at Limmud South Africa, visiting communities in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.

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Sky News Dances on the Edge of Antisemitism?

Did antisemitism appear on Sky News as a guest claims that Jews put Israel’s interests ahead of their own country while a presenter suggests that Israel is comparable to Nazi Germany?

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